id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8285 Hospitality - Wikipedia .html text/html 2863 389 66 This article is about the social concept and practice of hospitality. Louis, chevalier de Jaucourt describes hospitality in the Encyclopédie as the virtue of a great soul that cares for the whole universe through the ties of humanity.[4] Hospitality is also the way people treat others, that is the service of welcoming receiving guests for example in hotels. John Paul II said: "Only those who have opened their hearts to Christ can offer a hospitality that is never formal or superficial but identified by "gentleness" and "reverence"." In reference to Biblical scripture as a sign of politeness to always come to the defense and aid to those who give an account of hope and those interested (cf. Anthropology of hospitality[edit] ^ Steve Reece, The Stranger's Welcome: Oral Theory and the Aesthetics of the Homeric Hospitality Scene (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993) catalogues the various expectations of host and guest in Homeric Greek society. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8285.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8285.txt