Charity
Title | Charity PDF eBook |
Author | Gary A. Anderson |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 2013-08-27 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0300181337 |
In this reappraisal of charity in the biblical tradition, Anderson argues that the poor constituted the privileged place where Jews and Christians met God. He shows how charity affirms the goodness of the created order; the world was created through charity and therefore rewards it.
The Life You Can Save
Title | The Life You Can Save PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Singer |
Publisher | Random House Trade Paperbacks |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0812981561 |
Argues that for the first time in history we're in a position to end extreme poverty throughout the world, both because of our unprecedented wealth and advances in technology, therefore we can no longer consider ourselves good people unless we give more to the poor. Reprint.
Charity for and by the Poor
Title | Charity for and by the Poor PDF eBook |
Author | Laura Dierksmeier |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 238 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | Church work with the poor |
ISBN | 9780806166285 |
In Charity for and by the Poor, Laura Dierksmeier investigates how the reformed Franciscans' commitment to evangelizing Mexico gave rise to an extensive network of local confraternities and their respective care institutions.
From Prophecy to Charity
Title | From Prophecy to Charity PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence M. Mead |
Publisher | AEI Press |
Pages | 139 |
Release | 2011-10-16 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 084474381X |
Helping the poor is a question central to American life. Partially driven by America's Judeo-Christian heritage, Americans believe we possess enough wealth to provide some minimum basic standard of living for all and genuinely desire to help the least among us. We are the most generous nation on earth, spending hundreds of billions of dollars annually through private giving, corporate philanthropy, government aid, and other forms of charity. And yet, despite these efforts, international and domestic poverty persist. In From Prophecy to Charity: How to Help the Poor, Lawrence M. Mead critiques the philosophical presuppositions of past and current endeavors to alleviate poverty and provides a framework to guide future efforts based on what has been proven to actually help those in need: charity rooted in love.
Almost Worthy
Title | Almost Worthy PDF eBook |
Author | Brent Ruswick |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 285 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0253006341 |
Introduction: Big Moll and the science of scientific charity -- "Armies of vice": evolution, heredity, and the pauper menace -- Friendly visitors or scientific investigators? Befriending and measuring the poor -- Opposition, depression, and the rejection of pauperism -- "I see no terrible army": environmental reform and radicalism in the scientific charity movement -- The potentially normal poor: professional social work, psychology, and the end of scientific charity.
Poverty and Charity in Middle Eastern Contexts
Title | Poverty and Charity in Middle Eastern Contexts PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Bonner |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 358 |
Release | 2012-02-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0791486761 |
Offering insights and analysis in a field that has only recently come into existence, this book explores the ideals and institutions through which Middle Eastern societies—from the rise of Islam in the seventh century C.E. to the present day—have confronted poverty and the poor. By introducing new sources and presenting familiar ones with new questions, the contributors examine ideas about poverty and the poor, ideals and practices of charity, and state and private initiatives of poor relief over this extensive time span. They avoid easy generalizations about Islam and the Middle East as they seek to set the ideals and practices in comparative perspective.
Cultures of Charity
Title | Cultures of Charity PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas Terpstra |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 394 |
Release | 2013-02-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0674067924 |
Renaissance debates about politics and gender led to pioneering forms of poor relief, devised to help women get a start in life. These included orphanages for illegitimate children and forced labor in workhouses, but also women’s shelters and early forms of maternity benefits, unemployment insurance, food stamps, and credit union savings plans.