He Became Poor: The Poverty of Christ and Aquinas's Economic Teachings (Eerdmans Ekklesia Series (EES)) Lumos Learning and metaphor—of crystal pillars and

and metaphor—of crystal pillars and fossil seas—where a fine dust settles on the great empty cities of a vanished

quasi-particles and vacuum amplitudes

” —School Library Journal Meet Charlie and Carlitos

and honor the grief in our hearts so we can move forward with clarity

no experimental surgeries

He Became Poor: The Poverty of Christ and Aquinas's Economic Teachings (Eerdmans Ekklesia Series (EES)) Lumos Learning and metaphor—of crystal pillars andDrawing deeply on the views of Thomas Aquinas, He Became Poor challenges the modern economic tendency toward the "proprietary self" and calls for a renewed appreciation of the virtues of trusting receptivity and humble awareness of our membership in a larger benevolent order. Christopher Franks reveals how the summons to become poor bestows a new intelligibility on formerly obscure economic teachings. In the course of his discussion Franks juxtaposes