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| Foreword | xi |
| Preface to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition | xiii |
| Acknowledgments | xix |
| PART ONE: POOR LAZARUS AND RICH CHRISTIANS | |
| 1. A Billion Hungry Neighbors | 1 |
| New Economic Divisions in the World | 3 |
| Uneven Distribution | 5 |
| Famine Redefined | 7 |
| Poverty's Children | 9 |
| Making Progress | 12 |
| Population | 14 |
| Limits to Growth? | 17 |
| The Future and Our Response | 17 |
| 2. The Affluent Minority | 21 |
| Promises, Promises | 22 |
| Where Did It All Begin? | 23 |
| How Affluent Are We? | 24 |
| Poverty at $40,000 a Year? | 30 |
| How Generous Are We? | 31 |
| Rationalizing Our Affluence | 33 |
| PART TWO: ABIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE POOR AND POSSESSIONS | |
| 3. God and the Poor | 41 |
| Pivotal Points of Revelation History | 42 |
| God Identifies with the Poor | 49 |
| God's Special Instruments | 50 |
| Why Does God Cast Down the Rich? | 52 |
| God's Concern and Ours | 57 |
| Is God on the Side of the Poor? | 63 |
| 4. Economic Fellowship and Economic Justice | 67 |
| Capital in an Agricultural Society | 68 |
| The Year of Jubilee | 69 |
| The Sabbatical Year | 72 |
| Laws on Tithing and Gleaning | 74 |
| Models to Follow and Avoid | 75 |
| Jesus' New Community | 77 |
| The Jerusalem Model | 79 |
| Economic Koinonia | 83 |
| How Then Shall We Live? | 89 |
| 5. Thinking Biblically about Property and Possessions | 91 |
| Private Property | 91 |
| The Danger of Riches | 95 |
| The Ring and the Beloved | 99 |
| Righteousness and Riches | 101 |
| Carefree Living | 104 |
| 6. Social Evil: Sin Embedded in Societal Systems | 109 |
| The Old Testament | 111 |
| The New Testament | 117 |
| God's Response | 118 |
| PART THREE: WHAT CAUSES POVERTY? | |
| 7. Poverty's Complex Causes | 125 |
| Sinful Personal Choices | 125 |
| Unbiblical Worldviews | 126 |
| Disasters | 127 |
| Lack of Technology | 128 |
| Great Inequalities of Power | 128 |
| Western Colonialism | 133 |
| 8. Structural Injustice Today | 137 |
| Evaluating Market Economies | 139 |
| International Trade | 147 |
| The International Debt Crisis | 153 |
| Destroying the Environment and the Poor | 157 |
| Eating Food from Hungry Nations | 166 |
| Multinational Corporations in Developing Countries | 171 |
| Repentance | 184 |
| PART FOUR: IMPLEMENTATION | |
| 9 | Toward a Simpler Lifestyle: The Graduated Tithe and |
| Other Modest Proposals | 189 |
| The God of North America | 191 |
| Some Examples | 192 |
| The Graduated Tithe | 193 |
| Communal Living | 196 |
| Guidelines for Giving | 197 |
| Some Practical Suggestions | 198 |
| Evaluating Organizations | 200 |
| How Generous Are We? | 204 |
| The Sabbath and Our Lifestyles | 206 |
| A Call for Loyalty | 207 |
| 10. Watching Over One Another in Love | 209 |
| A Sociological Perspective | 211 |
| New Patterns of Christian Community | 213 |
| A Congregation of House Churches | 214 |
| The Individual House Church | 218 |
| "All Things in Common" | 219 |
| Glass Cathedrals in an Age of Hunger? | 220 |
| The Triple Five Plan | 221 |
| 11. Making the World More Fair | 223 |
| Ambulance Drivers or Tunnel Builders? | 224 |
| Who Will Be Helped? | 227 |
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Edward Papesh
reviewed Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity on January 04, 2009 Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity
I was really floored by this book. The author first presents some startling and informative statistics on world hunger and poverty, where we have been and what is projected. Then he talks about God's intense love for the poor, and that if we want to "be imitators of God" we must as Christians learn to share in that love. I left this book really wanting to do more to make a difference... even with specific ideas how! The best thing about this book was also the worst thing - sooo much information. Never before have a seen a pastor (no offense John haha) talk so intelligently about ALL facets of poverty. Politics, economics, environment, sociology, religion - these topics were all included in great detail and from a Christian perspective. I have not seen anything more complete out there. That said, it was also very overwhelming (as it probably should be). The book was first published 30 years ago, but this new addition has substantial updates and was published in 2005.
Many of us avoid reading books like this, afraid that God will inevitably ask something of us. After reading this, I find myself welcoming God to start asking.
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Add Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity, Do you want to make a true difference in the world? Dr. Ron Sider does. He has, since before he first published Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger in 1978. Despite a dramatic reduction in world hunger since then, 34,000 children still die daily , Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity to your collection on WonderClub |
