Long before there was a welfare state, there were efforts by religious congregations to alleviate poverty. Those efforts have continued since the establishment

Sacred Charity reconstructs the lay religious culture of Spanish Catholics in the late medieval and early modern period. Flynn shows how religious values shaped

An inside look at an interfaith program for the homeless in New York City, including in-depth stories of those who have graduated and made new lives. In a metro

It has long been acknowledged that Jews and Christians distinguished themselves through charity to the poor. Though ancient Greeks and Romans were also generous

In this reappraisal of charity in the biblical tradition, Anderson argues that the poor constituted the privileged place where Jews and Christians met God. He s