This detailed book is a resource for students, practitioners, and leaders interested in how the major world religions have understood poverty and responded to the poor. * Addresses a topic of great importance: the intersection of religion, a universal cultural phenomenon; and the poor, a population whose demographics are on the rise globally * Fills the need for an accurate, authoritative resource on the way poverty and the poor are understood in the world's religions * Coedited by a published specialist in world religions and a recognized specialist, academic, and practitioner in international responses to poverty and emergency response in a variety of cultures
- | Author: William Brackney, William H. Brackney
- | Publisher: Praeger
- | Publication Date: Dec 31, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 448 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover/Religion
- | ISBN-10: 1440844453
- | ISBN-13: 9781440844454