What does the Bible say about poverty and our responsibility toward
the poor? This book examines the concept of "brother's keeper" in
both the ancient Near East and the biblical world. Wafawanaka
contends that biblical Israel failed to play the rightful role of
brother's keeper and claims that we, too, have strayed from this
responsibility. Am I Still My Brother's Keeper? reveals what we can
learn about poverty from a biblical context and how we might
appropriate those insights to fight poverty in our own communities.
Beginning with the biblical mandate in Deuteronomy 15, Wafawanaka
surveys the Hebrew Scriptures and challenges those with power and
resources to reevaluate their response to the poor. Failure to
revisit the notion of "brother's keeper" threatens to create a
society that is increasingly disenfranchised and unjust. A glance
at our world in light of biblical history suggests that poverty is
an endemic global problem that requires a radical global solution.
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