{"product_id":"early-christian-care-for-the-poor-an-alternative-subsistence-strategy-under-roman-imperial-rule-9781498296526","title":"Early Christian Care for the Poor: An Alternative Subsistence Strategy Under Roman Imperial Rule","description":"Beginning with Jesus's ministry in the villages of Galilee and continuing over the course of the first three centuries as the movement expanded geographically and numerically throughout the Roman world, the Christians organized their house churches, at least in part, to provide subsistence insurance for their needy members. While the Pax Romana created conditions of relative peace and growing prosperity, the problem of poverty persisted in Rome's fundamentally agrarian economy. Modeling their economic values and practices on the traditional patterns of the rural village, the Christians created an alternative subsistence strategy in the cities of the Roman empire by emphasizing need, rather than virtue, as the main criterion for determining the recipients of their generous giving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e K. C. Richardson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cascade Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781498296526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eK. C. Richardson is Professor of History and Biblical Studies at Hope International University in Fullerton, California. He is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eOne in Christ Jesus \u003c\/i\u003e(Pickwick, 2014).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cascade Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":66810765770867,"sku":"9781498296526","price":35.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_886e6c5e-4164-426a-a5c1-1cacaded2b3f.jpg?v=1791376009","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/early-christian-care-for-the-poor-an-alternative-subsistence-strategy-under-roman-imperial-rule-9781498296526","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}