Beggars of God
The Christian Ideal of Mendicancy
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 14760466 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Stephen R Munzer (University of California, Los Angeles, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 1999 |
| Volumen | 27 |
| Número | 2 |
| Páginas | 305-330 |
| Fecha de publicación | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Journal of Religious Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0384-9694 • E-ISSN: 1467-9795 |
| Editorial | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/0384-9694.00019 |
| OpenAlex | W2119257392 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 4 |
| Referencias citadas | 4 |
In contemporary Western societies, public begging is associated with economic failure and social opprobrium—the lot of street people. So Christians may be puzzled by the fact that an interpretation of the imitation of Christ in the late Middle Ages elevated religious mendicancy into an ideal form of life. Although voluntary religious begging cannot easily be resurrected as a Christian ideal today, the author argues that a radical attitude and practice of trust, self‐abandonment, and acknowledgment of dependence on God can be a Christian ideal in any time and place. To follow this way of life, which the author calls mendicancy in attitude, is to become a beggar of God
Abandonment (legal · Aesthetics · Begging · Christian ethics · Environmental ethics · Ideal (ethics · Imitation · Interpretation (philosophy · Political science · Sociology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Social Psychology
| Obras citantes distintas | 4 |
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| Citas por año | 0,19 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2005 - 2022 (18) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 4 |