Beggars of God: The Christian Ideal of Mendicancy

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...

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1. VerfasserIn: Munzer, Stephen R. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell 1999
In: Journal of religious ethics
Jahr: 1999, Band: 27, Heft: 2, Seiten: 305-330
weitere Schlagwörter:B imitation of Christ
B Francis of Assisi
B Bonaventure
B Aquinas
B begging
B mendicancy
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1467-9795
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/0384-9694.00019