Universität Wien

020020 SE Dogmen- and History of Theology (2020S)

Kirche und Geld

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 2 - Evangelische Theologie
Continuous assessment of course work

gilt auch als SE aus dem Gebiet der Kirchengeschichte oder der Kulturgeschichte des Christentums!
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The course is set up on moodle in an online self-study course for the next units. If you have problems accessing it, please contact me!
uta.heil@univie.ac.at

  • Thursday 05.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 Schenkenstraße 8-10 6.OG
  • Thursday 19.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 Schenkenstraße 8-10 6.OG
  • Thursday 26.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 Schenkenstraße 8-10 6.OG
  • Thursday 02.04. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 Schenkenstraße 8-10 6.OG
  • Thursday 23.04. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 Schenkenstraße 8-10 6.OG
  • Thursday 30.04. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 Schenkenstraße 8-10 6.OG
  • Thursday 07.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 Schenkenstraße 8-10 6.OG
  • Thursday 14.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 Schenkenstraße 8-10 6.OG
  • Thursday 28.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 Schenkenstraße 8-10 6.OG
  • Thursday 04.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 Schenkenstraße 8-10 6.OG
  • Thursday 18.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 Schenkenstraße 8-10 6.OG
  • Thursday 25.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 Schenkenstraße 8-10 6.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The handling of money and wealth by Christians is an explosive topic. A fundamental "option for the poor" characterizes Christianity, and in the 2000 years of Christianity's history the demand for poverty and lack of possession for Christians came up again and again with reference to "Blessed are the poor! (Lk 6,20) and "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God". (Mk 10,25) or the parable of poor Lazarus (Lk 16,19-32), or the Acts of the Apostles, where the life of early Christians is described as an "early Christian community of goods" (Acts 2,44f.; 4,32-37). And what about the wealthy Christians? What if the church and monasteries themselves become prosperous? How do bishops, deacons and presbyters finance themselves - through the possession of the church or through other work? May sacraments cost money? How can poor people be cared for? These and other questions will be discussed in the seminar using various source texts.

Assessment and permitted materials

Preparation of texts
active cooperation during the seminar units
Writing a seminar paper (submission 20 September 2020)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Regular attendance and cooperation is required.
During the semester, various texts are to be prepared (primary sources or secondary literature), which must then be included in the form of an "expert status" in the course of the seminar (40%).
A protocol is to be adopted (20%).
A seminar paper on a selected source or a concrete question must then be prepared (40%).

Examination topics

Seminarstoff

Reading list

J. Ulrich, Clemens Alexandrinus’ Quis dives salvetur als Paradigma für die Beurteilung von Reichtum und Geld in der Alten Kirche, in: Gott und Geld, JBTh 21, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2007, 213-238.
Peter Brown, Through the Eye of a Needle. Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD, Princeton 2012.
Georg Schmelz, Kirchliche Amtsträger im spätantiken Ägypten. Nach den Aussagen er griechischen und koptischen Ostraka und Papyri, Berlin / New York 2002.
Sabine Hübner, Der Klerus in der Gesellschaft des spätantike Kleinasiens, Stuttgart 2005.
A.H.M. Jones, The Later Roman Empire 284-602: A Social, Economic, and Administrative Survey, Baltimore 1964.

Association in the course directory

[M]KG-TheolGeschSE
[MALA]KG-TheolGeschSE

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