The Resource Always with us? : what Jesus really said about the poor, Liz Theoharis
Always with us? : what Jesus really said about the poor, Liz Theoharis
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The item Always with us? : what Jesus really said about the poor, Liz Theoharis represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Union Presbyterian Seminary Libraries.
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- Summary
- A strong theological call for ending the abomination of systemic poverty. Jesus's words "the poor you will always have with you" (Matthew 26:11) are regularly used to suggest that ending poverty is impossible, that poverty is a result of moral failures, and that the poor themselves have no role in changing their situation. In this book Liz Theoharis examines both the biblical text and the lived reality of the poor to show how that passage is taken out of context, distorted, and politicized to justify theories about the inevitability of inequality. Theoharis reinterprets "the poor you will always have with you" to show that it is actually one of the strongest biblical mandates to end poverty. She documents stories of poor people themselves organizing to improve their lot and illuminates the implications for the church. Poverty is not inevitable, Theoharis argues. It is a systemic sin, and all Christians have a responsibility to partner with the poor to end poverty once and for all. - Back of book
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxii, 185 pages
- Contents
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- Is ending poverty possible?
- Reading the Bible with the poor
- No needy among you
- Don't laugh, folks, Jesus was a poor man
- More than flinging a coin to a beggar
- Christ, the social-movement leader
- Isbn
- 9780802875020
- Label
- Always with us? : what Jesus really said about the poor
- Title
- Always with us?
- Title remainder
- what Jesus really said about the poor
- Statement of responsibility
- Liz Theoharis
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A strong theological call for ending the abomination of systemic poverty. Jesus's words "the poor you will always have with you" (Matthew 26:11) are regularly used to suggest that ending poverty is impossible, that poverty is a result of moral failures, and that the poor themselves have no role in changing their situation. In this book Liz Theoharis examines both the biblical text and the lived reality of the poor to show how that passage is taken out of context, distorted, and politicized to justify theories about the inevitability of inequality. Theoharis reinterprets "the poor you will always have with you" to show that it is actually one of the strongest biblical mandates to end poverty. She documents stories of poor people themselves organizing to improve their lot and illuminates the implications for the church. Poverty is not inevitable, Theoharis argues. It is a systemic sin, and all Christians have a responsibility to partner with the poor to end poverty once and for all. - Back of book
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Theoharis, Liz
- Dewey number
- 261.8/325
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BV4647.P6
- LC item number
- T44 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Prophetic Christianity
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Poverty
- Church work with the poor
- Label
- Always with us? : what Jesus really said about the poor, Liz Theoharis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-172) and indexes
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- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Is ending poverty possible? -- Reading the Bible with the poor -- No needy among you -- Don't laugh, folks, Jesus was a poor man -- More than flinging a coin to a beggar -- Christ, the social-movement leader
- Control code
- ocn961009700
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xxii, 185 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802875020
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2016059245
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)961009700
- Label
- Always with us? : what Jesus really said about the poor, Liz Theoharis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-172) and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Is ending poverty possible? -- Reading the Bible with the poor -- No needy among you -- Don't laugh, folks, Jesus was a poor man -- More than flinging a coin to a beggar -- Christ, the social-movement leader
- Control code
- ocn961009700
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xxii, 185 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802875020
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2016059245
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)961009700
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