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"In this book, the author, Ronald J. Sider, combines over 40 thought-provoking essays, sermons, speeches, prayers, and insights written and delivered across various time frames and events into topics from liberation, justice, and biblical shalom. Sider's essays, sermons, and speeches focus on how injustice remains a way of life for many evangelical Christians. He challenges corporations, individuals, and believers, emphasizing evangelicals of all-ages to make the world just and peaceful according to God's Word. The chapters include a brief introduction to connect the past to the present times"--

Part one: Poor Lazarus and rich Christians. A billion hungry neighbors -- The affluent minority -- Part two: A biblical perspective on the poor and possessions. God and the poor -- Economic fellowship and economic justice -- Thinking biblically about property and possessions -- Social evil: sin embedded in societal systems -- Part three: What causes poverty? Poverty's complex causes -- Structural injustice today -- Part four: Implementation. Toward a simpler lifestyle: the graduated tithe and other modest proposals -- Watching over one another in love -- Making the world more fair.

As public funding for social services has been slashed, there has arisen an unprecedented interest in the potential (and dangers) of faith-based institutions as agents of social change. This text seeks to answer pressing questions surrounding this important and controversial issue