TY - BOOK AU - Brookman,W.R. TI - Global Scenes of Biblical Injustice: Glimpsing the Poor and Oppressed in Today''s World SN - 9780761857631 AV - HC79.P6 .B76 2011 U1 - 362.5 PY - 2011/// CY - Lanham PB - University Press of America KW - Poverty KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Christianity and justice KW - Pauvreté KW - Aspect religieux KW - Christianisme KW - Justice KW - poverty KW - aat KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Public Policy KW - Social Security KW - bisacsh KW - Social Services & Welfare KW - fast N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1162429 ER -