scholarly journals CHARITY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MEDIEVAL POLAND

2018 ◽  
pp. 23-25
Author(s):  
Leszek Aftyka
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Christian Tradition ◽  
Moral Principles ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Christian Love ◽  
The Needy ◽  
Important Form

Charity in the Christian tradition is a voluntary form of care and help, which consists in material support provided by wealthy people to the weak, poor and helpless. The article discusses the most important form so institutional assistant ce provided by clergy, religious or dears, confraternities and corporations - guilds. In the Middle Ages, the greatest social problems were poverty, begging and vagrancy. The actual guardian of the poor was the bishop, where he was obliged to collect funds "provided by the faithful members during the monthly services, from the Sunday collection and imposed penitential penalties. All lay people who performed this task by giving alms to the needy were obliged to provide basic help to their neighbours. Very important institutions that helped the needy were monasteries, especially those that had their own agricultural economy. Their duties included providing a one-off accommodation and a modest meal for travelers. The monks regularly supported local poor people, often playing the role of seasonal employers, e.g. during the harvest season. Various fraternities and corporations – guilds were created in medieval cities. From their members they required observance of moral principles and the provision of Christian love to their fellow men. From the collected contributions, as well as from fines for breaking corporate rules or privileges, a fund for charity was created.These organizations were created primarily by craftsmen. One of the most important goals was to care for old and sick members, as well as their decent burial. Some corporations had their own hospitals and shelters.

scholarly journals Microfinance Institutions in Yemen “Hurdles and Remedies”

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Saleh Alshebami ◽  
V. Rengarajan
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Remedial Measures ◽  
Microfinance Institutions ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Physical Infrastructure ◽  
Banking Institutions

The objective of this paper is to investigate the different types of hurdles limiting the growth and development of microfinance institutions operating in Yemen, and to suggest relevant recommendations that be used as a backup in the process of taking remedial measures. The study is both descriptive and analytical in nature. The data collected is based on both primary and secondary sources. The primary data was collected during the field study of ongoing PhD research study on the role of microfinance in mitigating poverty and unemployment in Yemen conducted in October 2015 by Mr. Ali Alshebami. Only a sample of nine MFIs was selected from The MFIs operating in the market, as the remaining MFIs could not be easily reached due to the prevailing persistent internal war situation. A few of these hurdles include but not limited the existence of insufficient funds necessary for financial business and the availability of poor physical infrastructure in the rural areas. In addition, the shortage of qualified human resources, the poor diversification of products and services, the political instability of the country, the wrong perception about lending to the poor and many others. Among other remedial measures, investible funds and designing of integrated financial products with the inclusion of micro insurance are essential, these two vital ones along with including the financial linkages between MFIs and formal banking institutions should be adopted for more enhancement. The study confirms that there are several difficulties and challenges, which hinder the MFIs from progressing and achieving their mission in terms of outreach to the poor people.

Role of Micro-Finance in Socio-Economic Development of Kathmandu, Nepal

Patan Pragya ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Dipak Bahadur Adhikari
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Socio Economic Development

The focus of this paper is to analyze the role of micro-finance in socio-economic development of Kathmandu. Microfinance is a simple but effective credit tool that enables the most poor to pull themselves out of poverty. The socio-economic status of loanees has improved consequently than when they started small business with loan in the earlier days. Moreover, it was found that their socio-economic status was higher than that of non-loanees. Microcredit is an effective tool for raising the socio-economic status of the poor people, particularly the women.

Bridging the Gap between Orthodoxy and Orthopraxis: The Catholic Church’s Concern for Migrants

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Reginald Alva
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Global Migration ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

Migration is a global phenomenon. An essential part of the mission of the Catholic Church is to love Christ particularly in the poor and the weak, which includes migrants. The Magisterium of the Church has consistently stressed reaching out to migrants. However, issuing documents would mean nothing if Christians do not implement them in letter and spirit. Christian charity would be meaningless if it remains only as a part of orthodoxy without orthopraxis. The phenomenal rise in global migration has created unfavorable conditions for many migrants. The Church being an ‘expert in humanity’ has a great task to reach out to the least in the society.1 In this article, we shall examine the role of the Catholic Church in bridging the gap between the orthodoxy and orthopraxis in their mission for migrants. We shall base our study on the documents of the Church and actual cases of migrant ministry in the Church.

scholarly journals Kościół katolicki i neopogaństwo niemieckie w myśli Leona Halbana

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 109-125
Author(s):  
Ryszard Polak
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Critical Assessment ◽  
Academic Achievements ◽  
European Culture ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND GERMAN NEOPAGANISM IN LEON HALBAN’S THOUGHTThis article presents the views of Leon Halban referring to the problems of German religiosity. In the first part of the article, the family and the character and the academic achievements of this scholar were characterized. In the next part of the article, his views on the role of the Catholic Church in European culture were analyzed and his position in which he made a critical assessment of German religiosity was presented. Halban assumed that the Christianity practiced by Germans since the Middle Ages did not result from their authentic conversion. The Germans were often religiously indifferent and tended to fall into various heresies and deviations from faith. They also sought to achieve supremacy of the state over the Church in public life and law. Halban argued that a renewal of morality can only be achieved in the Catholic Church, whose ethical principles and doctrine should be propagated and applied in everyday life.

scholarly journals Penggunaan Dana Zakat dalam pembangunan Takaful Mikro:Satu Sorotan Literatur

2019 ◽  
pp. 73-91
Author(s):  
Nik Abdul Rahim Nik Abdul Ghani ◽  
Ihsan Ilahi Mohd Sabri ◽  
Salmy Edawati Yaacob ◽  
Nurul Ilyana Muhd Adnan ◽  
Ahmad Dahlan Salleh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Financial Assistance ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Poor People ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Needy ◽  
Efficient Distribution

Micro takaful is a manifestation of financial inclusion in a country. The purpose of micro takaful is to support the financial needs of the poor and unfortunate group, in which most of them are known as the B40 segment. The majority of them are considered the asnaf (reciepients) of zakat. They are the groups most susceptible to financial shocks in the event of accident, illness or death . However, they typically do not have sufficient income to purchase takaful. Insufficient contribution could thus impede the development of micro takaful. One of the proposed solutions is to utilise the zakat funds to help the asnaf group especially the needy and poor people. Additionally, the yearly increment of the zakat fund requires a more efficient distribution system. Amongst the proposed mechanisms is to utilise the fund to develop a microtakaful model. This paper analyses previous studies on micro takaful model in the takaful industry and its need for the use of zakat fund. The article also examines some issues and challenges in utilising zakat fund for the development of micro takaful. This research is a qualitative study using content analysis approcah. The findings suggest that there are several financial assistance schemes for poor people provided by the governement or financial institutions. However,, very few micro takaful schemes are currently being offered . Thus, a study on using zakat to develope micro takaful schemes should Abstrak Takaful mikro ialah manifestasi amalan rangkuman kewangan (financial inclusion) dalam sesebuah negara. Tujuan takaful mikro ialah untuk menyokong keperluan kewangan golongan miskin dan tidak bernasib baik, yang sebahagian besar mereka juga dikenali sebagai B40. Kebanyakan mereka terdiri daripada asnaf zakat. Mereka ialah kumpulan masyarakat yang akan menghadapi masalah kejutan kewangan apabila berlaku kemalangan, sakit atau kematian. Walaubagaimanapun, golongan ini tidak mempunyai pendapatan yang cukup untuk mencarum sumbangan dalam takaful. Dana sumbangan yang tidak signifikan juga boleh membantut pembangunan takaful mikro. Antara solusi cadangan ialah melalui penggunaan dana zakat bagi membantu golongan asnaf khususnya fakir dan miskin. Di samping itu, peningkatan kutipan zakat setiap tahun dapat dipadankan dengan kaedah agihan yang lebih efisien.  Salah satu mekanisme agihan yang dicadang ialah melalui kaedah pembinaan takaful mikro berasaskan dana zakat. Kertas ini menganalisis beberapa kajian lepas yang telah dijalankan berkaitan pembangunan model takaful mikro dalam industri takaful dan keperluannya kepada dana zakat. Kertas ini turut menjelaskan beberapa isu dan cabaran berkaitan penggunaan dana zakat bagi pembangunan takaful mikro. Kajian ini adalah kualitatif dengan menggunakan pendekatan analisis kandungan. Hasil mendapati beberapa skim bantuan kewangan kepada golongan miskin disediakan sama ada oleh kerajaan atau institusi kewangan. Namun tidak banyak skim takaful mikro ditawarkan buat masa sekarang. Justeru, satu kajian penggunaan zakat untuk membangunkan takaful mikro wajar perlu dijalankan dalam kajian lanjutan.

scholarly journals Bringing the Church Back In: Ecclesiastical Influences on the Rise of Europe

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. 213-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jørgen Møller
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Church And State ◽  
Multistate System ◽  
High Middle Ages ◽  
European Development ◽  
Bureaucratic Institutions ◽  
New Research ◽  
The Church

AbstractRecently, political scientists and economists have redoubled their attempts to understand the “Rise of Europe.” However, the role of the Catholic Church has been curiously ignored in most of this new research. The medieval West was shot through with Catholic values and institutions, and only by factoring in the Church can we understand the peculiar European development from the high Middle Ages onward. More particularly, the 11th century “crisis of church and state” set in train a series of developments that were crucial for the Rise of Europe. The Church was the main locale in which the development of representation, consent, and early bureaucratic institutions took place, and it contributed to creating, integrating, and maintaining the European multistate system. This note demonstrates that current scholarship has failed to factor in ecclesiastical influences and it shows how these gaps can be filled by a more careful reading of prior historical scholarship.

DZIAŁALNOŚĆ CHARYTATYWNA WYZWANIEM DLA PARAFII

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-93
Author(s):  
Jacek Marek Nogowski
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Poor People ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Rich

Charity activity in the parish it is a charity service based on the God’s commandment of love,appropriate to needs of people who suffer financial or spiritual poverty, aimed at bringing helpin living decent quality of life. The motive for activity and the charity service comes out of thecommandment of the love to a neighbor and desire for imitating the Christ (Luke 10,30−36). Serviceto poor and suffering people is an evidence of faithfulnesses to the Gospel and is a continuationof the rich charity tradition of the Roman Catholic Church. Concern about the poor and needingpeople carried on in the organized and scheduled way exemplifies the solidarity in the Christ withthe poor people.

Feminism and Womanism

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Veeneman
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Male Privilege ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The World ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
God's Grace ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

This chapter investigates feminist and womanist approaches to theologies of the sacraments in which sacraments are “events in the church in which God’s grace is made present to the community.” Citing the work of Susan Ross, Elizabeth Johnson, and others, the author posits the need for theologies of the sacraments to be reworked in light of the experience of women, particularly regarding the sacraments of Ordination and Eucharist. Ordained clergy should relate the Eucharist to ministry to the poor and hungry. In addition, the patriarchal framework that undergirds male privilege in the Catholic Church has resulted in misunderstanding both the maleness of Jesus and the possible role of women to serve as ordained clergy. Ultimately reevaluating theologies of the sacraments from a feminist and womanist perspective is for the sake of empowering worship and furthering mission in the world.

Basic Ecclesiastic Communities in Brazil

1985 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiza Beth Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
The United States ◽  
Nuclear Threat ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The World ◽  
Economy And Education ◽  
The Catholic Church

Recently, considerable attention — both within the United States and around the world — has been focused on the role and involvement of the Catholic church in worldly problems related to peace, the nuclear threat, the economy, and education. Of particular importance is the Latin American scene. In this article, Luiza Fernandes discusses the evolving role and the increasing involvement of the Catholic church on behalf of the poor and persecuted in what is considered the largest Catholic country in the world — Brazil. She focuses on what are known as Basic Ecclesiastic Communities, which were developed in Brazil within the Catholic church and now number over 80,000. Based partially on her own experience with these communities, Fernandes describes their function and the concerns of the participants. She stresses the interaction of politics, religion, and education and the role of the latter two in understanding and challenging the inhuman and unjust conditions under which the vast majority of Brazilians live today.

The effectiveness of zakat in alleviating poverty and inequalities

Humanomics ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naziruddin Abdullah ◽  
Alias Mat Derus ◽  
Husam-Aldin Nizar Al-Malkawi
Keyword(s):  
Government Expenditure ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Muslim Countries ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Main Determinants

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of zakat (the Islamic tax) in alleviating poverty and inequality in Pakistan using a newly developed index, namely, the Basic Needs Deficiency Index (BNDI). Design/methodology/approach – The study formulates an index (BNDI) to measure the deficiency and effectiveness of zakat as one of the different items of government expenditure/spending to alleviate poverty. In this paper, Pakistan is chosen as a case study for two reasons: the availability and accessibility of data required for computing BNDI; and, in the past, no index such as this had been used to measure poverty in Pakistan. Findings – The results obtained from the computation of the BNDI have been able to explain the effectiveness of zakat in alleviating poverty and inequality in Pakistan. Practical implications – The findings of the study can be used by policymakers to measure and improve the effectiveness of zakat in reducing poverty and inequality. Social implications – As the ultimate beneficiaries of zakat are the poor people, the outcome of this study may help improve their quality of life. Originality/value – The paper develops a new methodology to measure poverty alleviation in Pakistan, focusing on the poor households’ consumption/expenditure on basic needs, government spending in terms of zakat and the number of zakat recipients as the three main determinants. The index developed in the present study can be applied to measure the performance of all Muslim countries whose provision of zakat is embedded in the national agenda to alleviate poverty.

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