Always with Us?: What Jesus Really Said about the Poor

by Liz Theoharis

Book Overview

A strong theological call for ending the abomination of systemic poverty

Jesus's words "the poor you will always have with you" (Matthew 26:11) are regularly used to suggest that ending poverty is impossible, that poverty is a result of moral failures, and that the poor themselves have no role in changing their situation. In this book Liz Theoharis examines both the biblical text and the lived reality of the poor to show how that passage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802875025
• ISBN13: 9780802875020
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"