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Von Heinz Vonhoff Von Heinz Vonhoff Inhaltsverzeichnis Inhaltsverzeichnis ................................................................................................................... 1 I. Barmherzigkeit im Altertum ................................................................................................... 4 Ägypten und die sieben Werke leiblicher Barmherzigkeit ..................................................... 4 Menschlichkeit und Güte in Griechenland und Rom ............................................................. 6 Israel und Gottes Gebot der Nächstenliebe ............................................................................ 8 II. Nächstenliebe in frühchristlicher Zeit .................................................................................... 9 Jesus Christus, der barmherzige Samariter ............................................................................. 9 Die Jünger in der Nachfolge Jesu ......................................................................................... 11 Bischof Cyprian von Karthago ............................................................................................. 12 Antonius, der Mitgefangene aus Liebe ................................................................................. 13 Bischof Basilius baut eine Stadt der Barmherzigkeit ........................................................... 14 Severin wandert mit den Flüchtenden .................................................................................. 16 Martin und der Bettler .......................................................................................................... 18 III. Die Zeit der Karolinger und der Kreuzzüge ....................................................................... 19 Die admonitio generalis Karls des Großen ........................................................................... 19 Klösterliche Armenpflege..................................................................................................... 21 Die Reform von Cluny ......................................................................................................... 21 Klöster als Stätten der Wissenschaft .................................................................................... 23 Spitalorden zur Zeit der Kreuzzüge ...................................................................................... 24 Wohltätigkeit im Islam ......................................................................................................... 26 Bruder Franziskus ................................................................................................................. 27 Elisabeth von Thüringen, die Landgräfin als Magd ............................................................. 30 Hedwig, die Mutter Schlesiens ............................................................................................. 32 Hospitäler und Hospize in Städten und an Straßen .............................................................. 33 Die Pest in Europa ................................................................................................................ 36 Das Martyrium der Juden ..................................................................................................... 38 Sonderformen mittelalterlicher Caritas ................................................................................ 40 Das Zeitalter der Reformation und Gegenreformation ............................................................. 41 Die Fugger bauen eine Wohnsiedlung.................................................................................. 41 Inkas kennen keine Armen ................................................................................................... 42 Bettelei als Landplage .......................................................................................................... 43 Reformation und Caritas ....................................................................................................... 43 Reformierte Gemeindediakonie ............................................................................................ 46 1 Katholische Caritas zur Zeit der Gegenreformation ............................................................. 47 Vincent de Paul und die barmherzigen Schwestern ............................................................. 49 Diakonie in der Not des Dreißigjährigen Krieges ................................................................ 52 VI. Bis an die Grenzen der Erde ............................................................................................... 55 Die Sammelbüchse des August Hermann Francke............................................................... 55 Ökumenische Diakonie......................................................................................................... 58 Zinzendorf und die Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine ................................................................... 58 Bei Eskimos und Indianern................................................................................................... 60 George Fox und die Quäker ................................................................................................. 62 Gegen Sklavenhandel und Sklaverei .................................................................................... 64 Clarkson und Wilberforce kämpfen im Parlament ............................................................... 66 VII. Lehrer und Ärzte ............................................................................................................... 69 Im Zeitalter der Aufklärung .................................................................................................. 69 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi ................................................................................................... 70 Hilfen für Taubstumme und Blinde ...................................................................................... 72 Geschichte der Medizin ........................................................................................................ 74 Edward Jenner entdeckt die Schutzimpfung ........................................................................ 76 Schulen für Schwachsinnige ................................................................................................. 77 Suche nach neuen Heilmitteln .............................................................................................. 79 VIII. Der Ruf zur Diakonie....................................................................................................... 80 Ein Sheriff geht von Zelle zu Zelle - John Howard .............................................................. 80 Das Wunder von Newgate - Elizabeth Fry ........................................................................... 82 Theodor Fliedner und die Kaiserswerther Diakonissen ....................................................... 84 Friedrich Oberlin im Steintal ................................................................................................ 86 Hans von Kottwitz und Johann Daniel Falk ......................................................................... 87 Bürgerliche Wohltätigkeit .................................................................................................... 88 Johann Hinrich Wichern und die Innere Mission ................................................................. 89 Gustav Werner und der christliche Sozialismus ................................................................... 91 IX. Industrie und Krieg ............................................................................................................. 92 Die Versklavung des Proletariats ......................................................................................... 92 Lord Shaftesbury ringt um humane Arbeitsbedingungen..................................................... 94 Erbarmen mit den Slumbewohnern ...................................................................................... 97 Schutz der Tiere .................................................................................................................... 98 Genossenschaften als Selbsthilfe für Bauern und Handwerker ............................................ 99 Adolf Kolping, der Vater der Handwerksgesellen ............................................................... 99 Niemandskinder in den großen Städten .............................................................................. 101 Florence Nightingale weiß, was sie will ............................................................................. 102 Henri Dunant gründet das Rote Kreuz ............................................................................... 104 X. Großkampf gegen die Not ................................................................................................. 107 Gewerkschaften und Arbeiterwohlfahrt ............................................................................. 107 Diakonie in den Niederlanden und in Skandinavien .......................................................... 109 Der Caritasverband ............................................................................................................. 110 Die Heilsarmee ................................................................................................................... 112 Gegen Alkoholismus .......................................................................................................... 114 Vater Bodelschwingh und sein Bethel...............................................................................
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