Charity detox what charity would look like if we cared about results

Argues that many legitimate charities, especially ones run by religious groups, do nothing to reduce poverty and dependency, and examines the types of results-oriented projects that would encourage such social changes.

Main Author: Lupton, Robert D.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
Edition: First edition.
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Summary: Argues that many legitimate charities, especially ones run by religious groups, do nothing to reduce poverty and dependency, and examines the types of results-oriented projects that would encourage such social changes.
Physical Description: 196 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9780062307286
0062307282
9780062307262
0062307266
Author Notes: Robert D. Lupton is founder and president of FCS (Focused Community Strategies) Urban Ministries. He is the author of Toxic Charity-which World magazine named as a "top 10 book of the year"-as well as Theirs Is the Kingdom; Return Flight; Renewing the City; Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life; and the widely circulated "Urban Perspectives" newsletter. He has a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Georgia.