W. R. Brookman

Global Scenes of Biblical Injustice

Glimpsing the Poor and Oppressed in Today's World

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Produktbeschreibung

What do we really know about the ins and outs of the lives of those who exist in a world of extreme poverty or oppression. This thought-provoking book incorporates challenges for a Christian response regarding those whose daily plights fly in the face of what Scripture teaches about justice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9780761857624
• ISBN-10: 0761857621
• Artikelnr.: 34441864

Autorenporträt

W. R. Brookman is Professor of Biblical Studies at North Central University in Minneapolis, Minnesota where he teaches courses in Old Testament, Hebrew, and archaeology. He is a former Andrew Mellon Faculty Fellow at Harvard University where he taught in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. He has wide-ranging interests in antiquity, culture, and languages.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Rich and the Poor
Together Chapter 2: The Nature of Poverty Chapter 3: Is There a Magic
Bullet? Chapter 4: Issues of Health Among the Poor Chapter 5: The Economics
of Being Poor Chapter 6: Issues of Education and Gender Chapter 7: Kids as
the Poor and the Oppressed Chapter 8: Housing: Where the Poor and the
Oppressed Live Chapter 9: Toilets of the Poor: Issues of Water and
Sanitation Chapter 10: Governments, Corruption and Armed Conflict Chapter
11: Thinking, Acting, and Praying Through Global Scenes of Biblical
Injustice Appendix A: United Nations Millennium Declaration Appendix B:
Millennial Development Goals, Target, and Indicators Bibliography