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Poverty and the poor in the world's religious traditions : religious responses to the problem of poverty / William H. Brackney and Rupen Das, editors ; foreword by Dr. Clinton Bennett.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poverty--Religious aspects.
- Poverty.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 422 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2019]
- Summary:
- This book discusses how the major world religions have understood poverty and responded to the poor.
- Contents:
- ch. 1. The world of the poor : how development professionals understand and assess poverty / Rupen Das
- ch. 2. Religion as a framework for understanding poverty and the poor / William H. Brackney
- ch. 3. Poverty and the poor in the Chinese religions / Chung-Yan Joyce Chan
- ch. 4. Poverty and the poor in the Buddhist tradition / Jordan Baskerville and Anne Ruth Hansen
- ch. 5. Poverty and the poor in the Jewish tradition / Rabbi David Ellis
- ch. 6. Poverty and the poor in the Christian tradition / William H. Brackney
- ch. 7. Poverty and the poor in Islam / Nael Abd El Rahaman
- ch. 8. Poverty and the poor in the Hindu, Jain, and Sikh religions of India / John Arun Kumar
- ch. 9. Poverty and the poor in the African religious traditions / Steven Hewko and David Kupp
- ch. 10. Poverty and the poor in North American indigenous traditions / Randy S. Woodley.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-13091-8
- 1-4408-4446-1
- OCLC:
- 1035796450
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