Toward a Just and Caring Society: Christian Responses to Poverty in America

by David P. Gushee

Book Overview

In this collection of essays, sixteen evangelical scholars and teachers consider the dilemma of poverty in modern America. Brought together by a Bauman Foundation grant under Evangelicals for Social Action sponsorship, they address the historical, political, and economic issues involved in this pervasive social problem. The authors also bring Christian principles to bear on their analysis of poverty's root causes, on their consideration of policies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801022207
• ISBN13: 9780801022203
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Baker Publishing Group (MI)
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher