Global Scenes of Biblical Injustice : Glimpsing the Poor and Oppressed in Today''s World.
Brookman, W. R.
Global Scenes of Biblical Injustice : Glimpsing the Poor and Oppressed in Today''s World. - Lanham : University Press of America, 2011. - 1 online resource (195 pages)
Global Scenes Of Biblical Injustice; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Rich and the Poor Together; Chapter 2: The Nature of Poverty; Chapter 3: Is There a Magic Bullet?; Chapter 4: Issues of Health Among the Poor; Chapter 5: The Economics of Being Poor; Chapter 6: Issues of Education and Gender; Chapter 7: Kids as the Poor and the Oppressed; Chapter 8: Housing: Where the Poor and the Oppressed Live; Chapter 9: Toilets of the Poor: Issues of Water and Sanitation; Chapter 10: Governments, Corruption and Armed Conflict. Chapter 11: Thinking, Acting, and Praying Through Global Scenes of Biblical InjusticeAppendix A: United Nations Millennium Declaration; Appendix B: Millennial Development Goals, Target, and Indicators; Bibliography.
What do we really know about the ins and outs of the lives of those who exist in a world of extreme poverty or oppression. This thought-provoking book incorporates challenges for a Christian response regarding those whose daily plights fly in the face of what Scripture teaches about justice.
9780761857631 076185763X
890475 MIL
Poverty.
Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christianity and justice.
Poverty
Pauvreté.
Pauvreté--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
Justice--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
poverty.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare.
Christianity and justice
Poverty
Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity
HC79.P6 .B76 2011
362.5
Global Scenes of Biblical Injustice : Glimpsing the Poor and Oppressed in Today''s World. - Lanham : University Press of America, 2011. - 1 online resource (195 pages)
Global Scenes Of Biblical Injustice; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Rich and the Poor Together; Chapter 2: The Nature of Poverty; Chapter 3: Is There a Magic Bullet?; Chapter 4: Issues of Health Among the Poor; Chapter 5: The Economics of Being Poor; Chapter 6: Issues of Education and Gender; Chapter 7: Kids as the Poor and the Oppressed; Chapter 8: Housing: Where the Poor and the Oppressed Live; Chapter 9: Toilets of the Poor: Issues of Water and Sanitation; Chapter 10: Governments, Corruption and Armed Conflict. Chapter 11: Thinking, Acting, and Praying Through Global Scenes of Biblical InjusticeAppendix A: United Nations Millennium Declaration; Appendix B: Millennial Development Goals, Target, and Indicators; Bibliography.
What do we really know about the ins and outs of the lives of those who exist in a world of extreme poverty or oppression. This thought-provoking book incorporates challenges for a Christian response regarding those whose daily plights fly in the face of what Scripture teaches about justice.
9780761857631 076185763X
890475 MIL
Poverty.
Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christianity and justice.
Poverty
Pauvreté.
Pauvreté--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
Justice--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
poverty.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare.
Christianity and justice
Poverty
Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity
HC79.P6 .B76 2011
362.5