When helping hurts how to alleviate poverty without hurting the poor-- and yourself
Churches and individual Christians typically have faulty assumptions about the causes of poverty, resulting in the use of strategies that do considerable harm to poor people and themselves. When Helping Hurts provides foundational concepts, clearly articulated general principles and relevant applica...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago, IL :
Moody Publishers,
[2012]
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| Edition: | [Expanded ed.] |
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| Summary: | Churches and individual Christians typically have faulty assumptions about the causes of poverty, resulting in the use of strategies that do considerable harm to poor people and themselves. When Helping Hurts provides foundational concepts, clearly articulated general principles and relevant applications. The result is an effective and holistic ministry to the poor, not a truncated gospel. A situation is assessed for whether relief, rehabilitation, or development is the best response to a situation. Efforts are characterized by an "asset based" approach rather than a "needs based" approach. Short term mission efforts are addressed and microenterprise development (MED) is explored. --from publisher description. |
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| Item Description: | Edition statement taken from upper right corner of front cover. "Foreword by John Perkins and David Platt"--Cover. |
| Physical Description: | 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-271). |
| ISBN: | 9780802409980 0802409989 9780802457066 0802457061 |
| Author Notes: | Brian Fikkert is an associate professor of economics at Covenant College and the founder and executive director of the Chalmers Center for economic development at Covenant College. |
