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Champions of the poor : the economic consequences of Judeo-Christian values / Barend A. de Vries ; foreword by Rembert G. Weakland.

By: De Vries, Barend A
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Description: xvii, 318 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0878406654 (pbk.); 0878406646Subject(s): Economics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Economics -- Religious aspects -- Judaism | Church work with the poor | Poverty -- Religious aspects -- Judaism | Judaism -- DoctrinesDDC classification: 261.8/5 LOC classification: BR115.E3 | D36 1998Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-307) and index.
Contents:
Fighting poverty in America -- Poor in the developing countries -- Women: the poor of the world -- Our environment -- Our military burden -- Poverty and foreign debt -- Economics in the Bible -- Jewish roots of social justice -- Liberation theology: giving the poor priority -- Role of the Catholic Church -- Views in mainline Protestantism -- Evangelicals -- Working together to eradicate poverty.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-307) and index.

Fighting poverty in America -- Poor in the developing countries -- Women: the poor of the world -- Our environment -- Our military burden -- Poverty and foreign debt -- Economics in the Bible -- Jewish roots of social justice -- Liberation theology: giving the poor priority -- Role of the Catholic Church -- Views in mainline Protestantism -- Evangelicals -- Working together to eradicate poverty.

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