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Greg Johnson

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, an Anglican Dean, on Amos. Debtors sold as slaves, even for trivial gain, even begrudged the gesture of throwing dust on their heads. And yet strict was the profession of religion.

Stanley objects to strict religion next to debt slavery. Today would complaints about hard bargains against the poor be taken as a sign of having given up orthodoxy?

How can you make things better for innocent debtors?

"Many of the details are preserved to us [in Amos]. Innocent debtors were bought and sold as slaves, even for the sake of possessing a pair of costly sandals. The very dust which they threw on their heads as a sign of mourning was grudged to them. The large cloaks which were their only wrappers were used for the couches of the hard-hear-ted creditors. Strict as was still the profession of religion... yet even in the very Temple of Bethel the luxurious listless revelry was carried on"
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