Pagan Benevolence and Christian Grace: How the Cross Challenges our Social Realities

Our understanding of Christianity acquires a sociological dimension when we see it as a challenge to elsewhere prevailing practices of religiously motivated giving, here termed benevolence. The ‘benevolence’ of pagan societies (ancient and modern), paradigmatically expressed in the symbolic gift of...

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Main Author: Goode, Leslie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2009
In: Theology
Year: 2009, Volume: 112, Issue: 865, Pages: 33-42
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