Includes index.
The challenge of charity
Charity as an expression of faith in God
Charity as service to God
A loan to God
Material wealth and its deceptions
Deliverance from death
Is charity always rewarded?
Charity and the goodness of creation
Charitable deeds as storable commodities
Can merits be transferred?
Storing good works in heaven
Prayer, fasting, and almsgiving
Sacrificial giving
Deliverance from purgatory
Your alms are a memorial.
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Charity : the place of the poor in the Biblical tradition by Gary A. Anderson. ISBN 9780300181333. Published by Yale University Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
