Global Poverty

A Theological Guide

Justin Thacker (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2017
SCM Press (Verlag)
978-0-334-05515-0 (ISBN)

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While a number of secular philosophers have written on global poverty, theologians have either steered clear entirely or simply mimicked the political analysis currently on offer. Christian authors have argued either for a free market solution to global poverty or for a radical reform of global capitalism as the best approach, but the theological underpinnings of such conclusions are noticeable by their absence.

Justin Thacker offers a new way forward. He suggests deeply theological answers to questions around the effect of capitalism on global poverty and whether aid is really a sustainable long term solution for the world’s poor. This book will challenge theologians, church leaders and congregations to consider much more seriously the huge implications of faith and theology on our attitude to those who live in extreme poverty.

Justin Thacker is a lecturer in practical and public theology at Cliff College. He is the author of Postmodernism and the Ethics of Theological Knowledge (2007) and co-editor of "Micah’s Challenge: The Church’s Responsibility to the Global Poor" (2008). He has spoken regularly at some of the UK’s major Christian conferences, including Spring Harvest and has written for the Guardian newspaper and Third Way.

Part 1: Creation

1. The image of God and the dignity of humanity
2. The problem of paternalism
3. The nature of poverty

Part 2: Fall

4. The nature, depth and breadth of sin
5. Sin, taxes and debt - who owes whom?
6. Structural sin - are we really guilty?

Part 3: Israel

7. Israel's mission
8. Exodus
9. Jubilee
10. Laws
11. Prophets

Part 4: Redemption

12. The gospel and salvation
13. Secular theories of development
14. Theologies of development

Part 5: Consummation

15. New heavens and new earth
16. The poor always with you
17. The problem of aid utopianism
18. So why should we bother?
19. Conclusion: the question of equality

Epilogue - What does this mean in practice?

Erscheinungsdatum	31.03.2017
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-334-05515-6 / 0334055156
ISBN-13	978-0-334-05515-0 / 9780334055150
Zustand	Neuware