Geben und nehmen

Description

"Marcel Mauss' influential treatise 'Essai sur le don' appeared in 1925. Mauss developed a social theory of gifts and giving: when a gift is given, accepted, and reciprocated, it becomes a social fact that involves everyone. This volume of the Jahrbuch takes up this discussion and presents the theological problematic of the gift through the aspects of biblical exegesis, systematic theology, and church history"--