Where Your Treasure Is

Helen Rhee has done a great service with her slim volume Wealth and Poverty in Early Christianity. This collection of primary sources from the Church Fathers’ teachings on money, lending, justice, mercy, and almsgiving contributes to a growing list of such handbooks. Anyone wanting to teach a course or simply educate oneself in the Fathers’ wisdom about stewarding the resources of creation has an abundant storehouse to draw from, even as more undoubtedly could be added in years to come. Read Full Article »