This article summarizes in three specific sections the key challenges faced by Christian and, particularly Orthodox, ethics in a secularized society. The first section, focusing on the task and aim of ethics, defines Orthodox ethics, which is linked with asceticism (man's attempt to keep the...

The establishment of Christianity in the late- and post-Roman world caused an economic as well as a religious revolution, but, while a great deal of attention has been paid to the religious developments of the period, the impact of the establishment of the Church on the economy has attracted...

Die Heuschrecken des Mittelalters In seinem klassischen Werk setzt sich Le Goff mit der Stellung des Wucherers im Mittelalter auseinander. Ein Mentalitätswandel im 12. Jahrhundert festigt seine gesellschaftliche Stellung - ein Meilenstein auf dem Weg zum Kapitalismus.