Economics of Faith Reforming Poverty in Early Modern Europe dropout EAN: 9781869614867

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Economics of Faith Reforming Poverty in Early Modern Europe dropout EAN: 9781869614867Economics of Faith examines the role of religious leaders in the development of poor relief institutions in early modern Europe. As preachers, policy makers, advocates, and community leaders, these reformers offered a new interpretation of salvation and good works that provided the religious foundation for poor relief reform. Although poverty was once associated with the religious image of piety, reformers no longer saw it as a spiritual virtue.