Contributor
Brackney, William H. editor.
ImprintSanta Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2019]
Descriptionxxii, 422 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note:The World of the Poor: How Development Professionals Understand and Assess Poverty / Rupen Das -- Religion as a Framework for Understanding Poverty and the Poor / William H. Brackney -- Poverty and the Poor in the Chinese Religions / Chung-Yan Joyce Chan -- Poverty and the Poor in the Buddhist Tradition / Jordan Baskerville and Ann Ruth Hansen -- Poverty and the Poor in the Jewish Tradition / Rabbi David Ellis -- Poverty and the Poor in the Christian Tradition / William H. Brackney -- Poverty and the Poor in Islam / Nael Abd El Rahaman -- Poverty and the Poor in the Hindu, Jain, and Sikh Religions of India / John Arun Kumar -- Poverty and the Poor in the African Religious Traditions / Steven Hewko and David Kupp -- Poverty and the Poor in North American Indigenous Traditions / Randy S. Woodley.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"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."
