Beyond Charity
Reformation Initiatives for the Poor
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Beyond Charity: Reformation Initiatives for the Poor
The common stereotype is that the Reformers
separated public and private morality and
were indifferent to the ethical import of
social structures and institutions.
Beyond
Charity calls this understanding into
question by providing an analysis of the
historical situation and translations of
primary documents. The medieval point of
view, formed by piety of achievement,
idealized poverty -- either as voluntary
renunciation or as almsgiving. In either
case the material effects on actual poverty
were slight, and the religious endorsement
of poverty precluded urban efforts to
address this growing problem. The Reformers
impelled by their theology, developed and
passed new legislative structures for
addressing social welfare needs. The key to
their undertakings was the conviction that
social ethics is the continuation of
community worship. In the first half, this
book sets forth the medieval context,
details Luther's critique of the profit
economy of his day, and analyzes the actual
social welfare programs that issued from his
theology. The second half provides
translations of selected legislative
programs from the church orders of the
Reformation.
- Publisher Fortress Press
- Format Paperback
- ISBN 9780800625696
- Dimensions 6 x 9
- Pages 208
- Publication Date July 1, 1993
Table of Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Relieving Misery, Preserving Social Order
Goals
Limitations
Sources
Perspectives
Part One: Reformation Initiatives for the Poor
CHAPTER 1
Poverty and Charity in the Middle Ages
The Concept of Poverty
Theology and Poverty
The Exigencies of Poverty
Medieval Urban Reactions to Poverty
The Secularization of Charity
The Church – Helper and Hinderer of the Poor
CHAPTER 2
Urban Realities and Reformation Ideals
Humanist Contributions and Ideas
Late Medieval Urban Developments
The Urban Reception of the Reformation
Luther's Theology and social Welfare
CHAPTER 3
Reforming Responses and Roman-Radical Reactions
The Evangelical Church Orders
Roman Catholic Reactions
Radical Evangelical Reactions
CHAPTER 4
Social Reform beyond Charity for the Poor
Focusing on Service to the Neighbor
Recasting Wealth, Poverty, and Salvation
Beginning with Doctrine
Part Two: Sources on Poverty and Social Welfare
CHAPTER 5
Late Medieval Attitudes to Begging and Poverty
Canon Law
A Sermon Illustration and "Concerning Hospitals for the Poor and Homes for the Lepers"
"On Charity Trusts"
"Concerning Begging"
Nuremberg Begging Order
Martin Luther's "Foreword" To Mathias Hutlin
CHAPTER 6
Renaissance and Reformation Perspectives
"Beggar Talk"
"There Should Be No Beggars among Christians"
"That Clergy Should Preach against Usury"
"A Conversation concerning the Common Chest"
CHAPTER 7
Social Welfare Legislation
Order of the City of Wittenberg
The Poor Order of Ypres
Bibliography
Index
Illustrations
"Combat of Charity and Avarice"
"Condemnation of Usury"
"The Miser-Monk"
Abbreviations
Introduction
Relieving Misery, Preserving Social Order
Goals
Limitations
Sources
Perspectives
Part One: Reformation Initiatives for the Poor
CHAPTER 1
Poverty and Charity in the Middle Ages
The Concept of Poverty
Theology and Poverty
The Exigencies of Poverty
Medieval Urban Reactions to Poverty
The Secularization of Charity
The Church – Helper and Hinderer of the Poor
CHAPTER 2
Urban Realities and Reformation Ideals
Humanist Contributions and Ideas
Late Medieval Urban Developments
The Urban Reception of the Reformation
Luther's Theology and social Welfare
CHAPTER 3
Reforming Responses and Roman-Radical Reactions
The Evangelical Church Orders
Roman Catholic Reactions
Radical Evangelical Reactions
CHAPTER 4
Social Reform beyond Charity for the Poor
Focusing on Service to the Neighbor
Recasting Wealth, Poverty, and Salvation
Beginning with Doctrine
Part Two: Sources on Poverty and Social Welfare
CHAPTER 5
Late Medieval Attitudes to Begging and Poverty
Canon Law
A Sermon Illustration and "Concerning Hospitals for the Poor and Homes for the Lepers"
"On Charity Trusts"
"Concerning Begging"
Nuremberg Begging Order
Martin Luther's "Foreword" To Mathias Hutlin
CHAPTER 6
Renaissance and Reformation Perspectives
"Beggar Talk"
"There Should Be No Beggars among Christians"
"That Clergy Should Preach against Usury"
"A Conversation concerning the Common Chest"
CHAPTER 7
Social Welfare Legislation
Order of the City of Wittenberg
The Poor Order of Ypres
Bibliography
Index
Illustrations
"Combat of Charity and Avarice"
"Condemnation of Usury"
"The Miser-Monk"