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Poverty and the poor in the world's religious traditions : religious responses to the problem of poverty / William H. Brackney and Rupen Das, editors ; foreword by Dr. Clinton Bennett.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2019]Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 422 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 1440844461
  • 9781440844461
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Poverty and the poor in the world's religious traditions.DDC classification:
  • 201/.7626 23
LOC classification:
  • BL65.P75 P678 2019
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
The World of the Poor: How Development Professionals Understand and Assess Poverty -- Religion as a Framework for Understanding Poverty and the Poor -- Poverty and the Poor in the Chinese Religions -- Poverty and the Poor in the Buddhist Tradition -- Poverty and the Poor in the Jewish Tradition -- Poverty and the Poor in the Christian Tradition -- Poverty and the Poor in Islam -- Poverty and the Poor in the Hindu, Jain, and Sikh Religions of India -- Poverty and the Poor in the African Religious Traditions -- Poverty and the Poor in North American Indigenous Traditions.
Summary: This book discusses how the major world religions have understood poverty and responded to the poor.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1936716

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The World of the Poor: How Development Professionals Understand and Assess Poverty -- Religion as a Framework for Understanding Poverty and the Poor -- Poverty and the Poor in the Chinese Religions -- Poverty and the Poor in the Buddhist Tradition -- Poverty and the Poor in the Jewish Tradition -- Poverty and the Poor in the Christian Tradition -- Poverty and the Poor in Islam -- Poverty and the Poor in the Hindu, Jain, and Sikh Religions of India -- Poverty and the Poor in the African Religious Traditions -- Poverty and the Poor in North American Indigenous Traditions.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 06, 2018).

This book discusses how the major world religions have understood poverty and responded to the poor.