Property And Richaes In The Early Church

How should Christians live in what is still an affluent society? What should be their attitude to money and to possessions? How far has the welfare state relieved the church of its obligations? Is anything short of a complete renunciation of possessions a compromise with Christian teaching? While the experience of the early church cannot be applied directly to our modern situation, it is by no means irrelevant to these questions. In a brief and lucid study, Professor Hengel looks at the vie...