Author: Julio Xavier Labayen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church and social problems
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Revolution and the Church of the Poor
Author: Julio Xavier Labayen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church and social problems
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church and social problems
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Poverty, Revolution, and the Church
Author: Michael Paget-Wilkes
Publisher: Paternoster Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Publisher: Paternoster Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
The Poor Will Be Glad
Author: Peter Greer
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459612507
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A compelling call to carry God's mercy and compassion to the hurting people of this world This eminently practical book by two leading experts in the field of poverty reduction offers a clear plan to help ordinary Christians translate their compassion into thoughtful action. Authors Peter Greer and Phil Smith draw on their personal experiences t...
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459612507
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A compelling call to carry God's mercy and compassion to the hurting people of this world This eminently practical book by two leading experts in the field of poverty reduction offers a clear plan to help ordinary Christians translate their compassion into thoughtful action. Authors Peter Greer and Phil Smith draw on their personal experiences t...
Poverty, the Church's Abandoned Revolution
Author: Colin Baltron Archer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church work with the poor
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church work with the poor
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Wealth and Poverty in Early Church and Society
Author: Susan R. Holman
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 080103549X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
An ecumenical roster of leading specialists approach wealth and poverty through the theology, social practices, and institutions of early Christianity.
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 080103549X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
An ecumenical roster of leading specialists approach wealth and poverty through the theology, social practices, and institutions of early Christianity.
Poverty in the Early Church and Today
Author: Steve Walton
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0567677737
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched. This innovative volume focuses on the significance of early Christianity for modern means of addressing poverty, by offering a rigorous study of deprivation and its alleviation in both earliest Christianity and today's world. The contributors seek to present the complex ways in which early Christian ideas and practices relate to modern ideas and practices, and vice versa. In this light, the book covers seven major areas of poverty and its causes, benefaction, patronage, donation, wealth and dehumanization, 'the undeserving poor', and responsibility. Each area features an expert in early Christianity in its Jewish and Graeco-Roman settings, paired with an expert in modern strategies for addressing poverty and benefaction; each author engages with the same topic from their respective area of expertise, and responds to their partner's essay. Giving careful attention toboth the continuities and discontinuities between the ancient world and today, the contributors seek to inform and engage church leaders, those working in NGOs concerned with poverty, and all interested in these crucial issues, both Christian and not.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0567677737
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched. This innovative volume focuses on the significance of early Christianity for modern means of addressing poverty, by offering a rigorous study of deprivation and its alleviation in both earliest Christianity and today's world. The contributors seek to present the complex ways in which early Christian ideas and practices relate to modern ideas and practices, and vice versa. In this light, the book covers seven major areas of poverty and its causes, benefaction, patronage, donation, wealth and dehumanization, 'the undeserving poor', and responsibility. Each area features an expert in early Christianity in its Jewish and Graeco-Roman settings, paired with an expert in modern strategies for addressing poverty and benefaction; each author engages with the same topic from their respective area of expertise, and responds to their partner's essay. Giving careful attention toboth the continuities and discontinuities between the ancient world and today, the contributors seek to inform and engage church leaders, those working in NGOs concerned with poverty, and all interested in these crucial issues, both Christian and not.
From Alms to Liberation
Author: Werner Levi
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN: 0275931714
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Written from a political and historical perspective, this book addresses the treatment of poverty by the Catholic Church from the beginning of the industrial revolution--about 1800--to the present. Its emphasis is on the Third World, particularly Latin America. Werner Levi studies the Church's differing approaches to dealing with the problem of poverty and the political consequences these approaches have had upon the relations between the Vatican and regional governments. The book also focuses on the controversy surrounding Liberation Theology, as both poverty and Liberation Theology play a large part in Latin American politics. By comparing broadly similar situations of poverty in 19th century Europe and 20th century Latin America, Levi reaches the conclusion that, in its reluctance to go beyond rhetoric in dealing with poverty, the church may lose the loyalty of its Third World constituency in much the same way as it lost the loyalty of the labor movement in the 19th century. The book examines Pope John Paul II's progressivism in dealing with poverty and the similarities between the socialist leanings of the Pope's speeches and the Liberation Theologian's writings. Levi points out, however, that the Pope's progressivism is not shared by the Vatican officialdom. This thought provoking, well researched book will appeal to students and scholars of theology and church history, as well as political scientists and sociologists dealing with religion and the social problem of poverty.
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN: 0275931714
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Written from a political and historical perspective, this book addresses the treatment of poverty by the Catholic Church from the beginning of the industrial revolution--about 1800--to the present. Its emphasis is on the Third World, particularly Latin America. Werner Levi studies the Church's differing approaches to dealing with the problem of poverty and the political consequences these approaches have had upon the relations between the Vatican and regional governments. The book also focuses on the controversy surrounding Liberation Theology, as both poverty and Liberation Theology play a large part in Latin American politics. By comparing broadly similar situations of poverty in 19th century Europe and 20th century Latin America, Levi reaches the conclusion that, in its reluctance to go beyond rhetoric in dealing with poverty, the church may lose the loyalty of its Third World constituency in much the same way as it lost the loyalty of the labor movement in the 19th century. The book examines Pope John Paul II's progressivism in dealing with poverty and the similarities between the socialist leanings of the Pope's speeches and the Liberation Theologian's writings. Levi points out, however, that the Pope's progressivism is not shared by the Vatican officialdom. This thought provoking, well researched book will appeal to students and scholars of theology and church history, as well as political scientists and sociologists dealing with religion and the social problem of poverty.
Poverty in Grace
Author: David H. Kodia
Publisher: Uzima Publishing House
ISBN: 9789966855947
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Publisher: Uzima Publishing House
ISBN: 9789966855947
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Church and Revolution
Author: Thomas Bokenkotter
Publisher: Image
ISBN: 0307874869
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 597
Book Description
Though sometimes a source of controversy regarding certain issues, the Catholic Church has in many ways lead the struggle for social justice and rights for the poor in our age. Pope John Paul II never lets an opportunity pass without insisting on the need for greater respect for human rights and the need to alleviate the pains of poverty. In the United States the Catholic Church is the single largest private organization providing assistance to the underprivileged--operating soup kitchens and shelters for the homeless, providing care for the sick, and education for the needy. But this struggle was not always a top priority. In fact, at the time of the French Revolution the Catholic Church was among the most conservative and reactionary of the world's powers. Church and Revolution deals with the interesting historical question: How did the Catholic Church develop from being a defender of the status quo to being a progressive force in world affairs? Thomas Bokenkotter traces the development of social justice in the Church over the 200 years since the French Revolution through portraits of fifteen colorful figures who were all key to the political revolutions of the past two centuries and who also effected the Church's response to them--including Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero; Irish emancipator Daniel O'Connell; founder of the American Catholic Worker movement, Dorothy Day; and Polish electrician and President, Lech Walesa.
Publisher: Image
ISBN: 0307874869
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 597
Book Description
Though sometimes a source of controversy regarding certain issues, the Catholic Church has in many ways lead the struggle for social justice and rights for the poor in our age. Pope John Paul II never lets an opportunity pass without insisting on the need for greater respect for human rights and the need to alleviate the pains of poverty. In the United States the Catholic Church is the single largest private organization providing assistance to the underprivileged--operating soup kitchens and shelters for the homeless, providing care for the sick, and education for the needy. But this struggle was not always a top priority. In fact, at the time of the French Revolution the Catholic Church was among the most conservative and reactionary of the world's powers. Church and Revolution deals with the interesting historical question: How did the Catholic Church develop from being a defender of the status quo to being a progressive force in world affairs? Thomas Bokenkotter traces the development of social justice in the Church over the 200 years since the French Revolution through portraits of fifteen colorful figures who were all key to the political revolutions of the past two centuries and who also effected the Church's response to them--including Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero; Irish emancipator Daniel O'Connell; founder of the American Catholic Worker movement, Dorothy Day; and Polish electrician and President, Lech Walesa.
The Power of the Poor in History
Author: Gustavo GutiƩrrez
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description