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Global Scenes of Biblical Injustice : Glimpsing the Poor and Oppressed in Today''s World.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham : University Press of America, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (195 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780761857631
  • 076185763X
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Global Scenes of Biblical Injustice : Glimpsing the Poor and Oppressed in Today''s World.DDC classification:
  • 362.5
LOC classification:
  • HC79.P6 .B76 2011
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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)1162429

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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.