Chapter Operosi e sabbatici. Lavoro e non-lavoro negli scrittori cristiani antichi
Language
ItalianAbstract
This chapter focuses on a carefully selected body of representations from ancient Christian writers concerning both work and non-work (in the sense of inoperativity). Spanning almost four centuries (i.e, from Paul to Augustine), the chapter consists of two parts. The first brings together statements pertaining to six different strategies of legitimization and valorization of labor (doxic, analogical, apologetic, polemical, soteriological, apocalyptic). The second concentrates on the intrinsic limits and constraints imposed on the emergence of a Christian ideology of inoperativity.
Keywords
work; inoperativity; early Christ believersDOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0319-7.22ISBN
9791221503197, 9791221503197Publisher
Firenze University PressPublisher website
https://www.fupress.com/Publication date and place
Florence, 2024Series
Studi e saggi, 257Classification
General and world history