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The "holy poor" have long maintained an elite status within Christianity. Differing from the "real" poor, these clergymen, teachers, and ascetics have historically been viewed by their fellow Christians as persons who should receive material support in exchange for offering immeasurable immaterial benefits—teaching, preaching, and prayer. Supporting them—quite as much as supporting the real poor—has been a way to accumulate eventual treasure in heaven. Yet from the rise of Christian monasticism in Egypt and Syria to present day, Christians have argued fiercely about whether monks should work to support themselves.

In Treasure in Heaven, renowned historian Peter Brown shifts attention from Western to Eastern Christianity, introducing us to this smoldering debate that took place across the entire Middle East from the Euphrates to the Nile. Seen against the backdrop of Asia, Christianity might have opted for a Buddhist model by which holy monks lived by begging alone. Instead, the monks of Egypt upheld an alternative model that linked the monk to humanity and the monastery to society through acceptance of the common, human bond of work. This model of Third World Christianity—a Christianity that we all too easily associate with the West—eventually became the basis for the monasticism of western Europe, as well as for modern Western attitudes to charity and labor. In Treasure in Heaven, Brown shows how and why we are still living—at times uncomfortably—with that choice.
The Wild Robot Collection

The Wild Robot Collection

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot Collection

The Wild Robot Collection

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot 3)

The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot 3)

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot Protects

The Wild Robot Protects

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot 3)

The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot 3)

Peter Brown

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Pariah

Pariah

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Journeys of the Mind

Journeys of the Mind

Peter Brown

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Journeys of the Mind

Journeys of the Mind

Peter Brown

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A Guide to Global Best Practice and Standards in KM

A Guide to Global Best Practice and Standards in KM

Nick Milton, Karen Battersby, Liz Hobbs, Peter Brown, Dominique Poole Avery, Karen Elson, Darryl Wing, Patrick DiDomenico, Dave Snowden

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Fred Gets Dressed

Fred Gets Dressed

Peter Brown

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Fred Gets Dressed

Fred Gets Dressed

Peter Brown

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YOU WILL BE MY FRIEND!

YOU WILL BE MY FRIEND!

Peter Brown

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My Teacher Is a Monster! (No, I Am Not.)

My Teacher Is a Monster! (No, I Am Not.)

Peter Brown

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Fastest Gun in Hollywood

Fastest Gun in Hollywood

Peter Brown

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Fastest Gun in Hollywood

Fastest Gun in Hollywood

Peter Brown

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Formations of Belief

Formations of Belief

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Formations of Belief

Formations of Belief

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The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot 2)

The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot 2)

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot 2)

The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot 2)

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot Escapes

The Wild Robot Escapes

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot Escapes

The Wild Robot Escapes

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot Escapes

The Wild Robot Escapes

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot: Now a major DreamWorks animation!

The Wild Robot: Now a major DreamWorks animation!

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot

The Wild Robot

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot

The Wild Robot

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot

The Wild Robot

Peter Brown

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Treasure in Heaven

Treasure in Heaven

Peter Brown

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The Cult of the Saints

The Cult of the Saints

Peter Brown

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Through the Eye of a Needle

Through the Eye of a Needle

Peter Brown

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Toy Manchester Terrier

Toy Manchester Terrier

Peter Brown

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Kaline Klattermaster's Tree House

Kaline Klattermaster's Tree House

Haven Kimmel

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Kaline Klattermaster's Tree House

Kaline Klattermaster's Tree House

Haven Kimmel

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Religion, Culture, and International Conflict

Religion, Culture, and International Conflict

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