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Poverty and the Poor in the World's Religious Traditions - Religious Responses to the Problem of Poverty (Hardcover)
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Poverty and the Poor in the World's Religious Traditions - Religious Responses to the Problem of Poverty (Hardcover)
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This detailed book is a resource for students, practitioners, and
leaders interested in how the major world religions have understood
poverty and responded to the poor. Poverty is a universal
phenomenon across history, regardless of country or culture. Today,
the demographics of the poor are on the rise globally: it is a
critical issue. Religious traditions are another universal aspect
of human societies, and nearly all religions include directives on
how to respond to the poor and systemic poverty. How do the various
religious traditions conceptualize poverty, and what do they view
as the proper response to the poor? Poverty and the Poor in the
World's Religious Traditions: Religious Responses to the Problem of
Poverty brings together specialists on the religions of the world
and their diverse viewpoints to identify how different religious
traditions interact with poverty and being poor. It also contains
excerpts of religious texts that readers can use as primary
documents to illustrate themes such as identifying the poor,
religious reasons for being poor, and responses (like charity and
development) to the existence of poverty. This book serves as a
powerful resource for students of subjects like international
development, missiology, comparative religion, theology, social
ethics, economics, and organizational leadership as well as for any
socially concerned clergy of various faiths.
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