Remembering the poor: Pauline perspectives on poverty

Authors

  • J Punt

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17570/ngtt.2004.v45s1.a09

Abstract

The Pauline letters are not a textbook for economic theory and practice, offering no ready- made and final answers for addressing poverty, ancient or modern. At the same time, in addressing poverty in concrete terms and in particular social locations, Paul’s considerable concern for the socio-economical situation of the communities that he addressed becomes apparent. For Paul poverty is not disconnected from other matters in the community such as righteousness and fellowship. These matters can easily be observed in Paul’s motivation of the collection for the church in Jerusalem. Some implications of Paul’s treatment of poverty for theological thinking in this regard are briefly explored.

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Published

2004-12-31

How to Cite

Punt, J. (2004). Remembering the poor: Pauline perspectives on poverty. NGTT | Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif, 45(Supp 1). https://doi.org/10.17570/ngtt.2004.v45s1.a09

Issue

Vol. 45 No. Supp 1 (2004)

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Articles | Artikels

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