moving from affluence to generosity Sider, Ronald J. creator author. text bibliography tnu Nashville, Tennessee] W. Publishing Group c2015 2015 Sixth edition. monographic eng

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xxii, 342 p. : ill. ; 23 cm "When Ron Sider's Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger first appeared almost forty years ago, it shook readers to the core. Informed about the issues of world hunger and poverty, they could no longer ignore the plight of their global neighbors. This thoroughly revised edition of Sider's bestselling book outlines the progress that has been made in the last four decades--and the work that is still left to do. Every day 18,000 children under five still die of starvation and preventable diseases, and more than a billion people live in relentless, unrelieved poverty worldwide. Why is there still so much poverty? Conservatives blame sinful individual choices and laziness. Liberals condemn economic and social structures. Who is right? Who is wrong? Both, according to Sider, who explains poverty's complex causes in this new edition and offers concrete, practical proposals for change."--Back cover. Part one: Poor Lazarus and rich Christians. A billion hungry neighbors -- The affluent minority -- Part two: A biblical perspective on the poor and possessions. God and the poor -- Economic fellowship and economic justice -- Thinking biblically about property and possessions -- Social evil: sin embedded in societal systems -- Part three: What causes poverty? Poverty's complex causes -- Structural injustice today -- Part four: Implementation. Toward a simpler lifestyle: the graduated tithe and other modest proposals -- Watching over one another in love -- Making the world more fair. Ronald J. Sider. "Revised and updated"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-336) and index. Hunger Religious aspects Christianity Wealth Religious aspects Economics Religious aspects Christianity Food supply Religious aspects Christianity Simplicity Religious aspects Christianity Economics in the Bible Economics in the Bible Economics Religious aspects Christianity Food supply Religious aspects Christianity Hunger Religious aspects Christianity Simplicity Religious aspects Christianity Wealth Religious aspects BR115.H86 S53 2015 261.8/5 9780718037048 (RPK) 0718037049 2015473960 https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1614/2015473960-d.html https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1614/2015473960-d.html TOH 160217 20180309102310.0 18978238 eng