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This may well be the very best collection of essays ever assembled treating religious responses to contemporary street homelessness. The reader encounters revealing accounts of faith-based concern and advocacy for the homeless, with depictions of geographically specific challenges and of the suffering of demographic groups disproportionately affected by this hardship. If we are ever to address adequately the ensemble of social problems that perpetuate homelessness even in affluent societies, the solutions we implement will be rooted in both sound research and genuine religious motivation. This volume sheds abundant light on both of these realities, and deserves the highest recommendation.--Thomas Massaro, SJ, Professor of Moral Theology, Fordham University Land of Stark Contrasts offers a much-needed inter-disciplinary exploration of the theme of homelessness through the lens of Religious Studies and Theology. Unlike many texts that speak of the poor or marginalized in abstraction, this volume clearly expresses the concrete realities of homelessness in the United States and current efforts to combat it. This is a powerful effort to destigmatize homeless and decriminalize the homeless population through a study of religious ethics and faith-based communities.--Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado, The University of Scranton

This is a remarkable book; remarkable for its candour in providing, alongside a recognition of their importance and influence, a frank assessment of the shortcomings and limitations of faith-based organisations that provide homelessness services in the USA.-- ""European Journal of Homelessness"" The interfaith, interdisciplinary, and multicultural approach of this volume and the consistently high quality of the essays make it a valuable educational resource.-- ""Theological Studies"" Land of Stark Contrasts offers a much-needed inter-disciplinary exploration of the theme of homelessness through the lens of religious studies and theology. Unlike many texts that speak of the poor or marginalized in abstraction, this volume clearly expresses the concrete realities of homelessness in the United States and current efforts to combat it. This is a powerful effort to destigmatize homelessness and decriminalize the homeless population through a study of religious ethics and faith-based communities.---Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado, The University of Scranton This may well be the very best collection of essays ever assembled treating religious responses to contemporary street homelessness. If we are ever to address adequately the ensemble of social problems that perpetuate homelessness even in affluent societies, the solutions we implement will be rooted in both sound research and genuine religious motivation. This volume sheds abundant light on both of these realities, and deserves the highest recommendation.---Thomas Massaro, SJ, Professor of Moral Theology, Fordham University

"This is a remarkable book; remarkable for its candour in providing, alongside a recognition of their importance and influence, a frank assessment of the shortcomings and limitations of faith-based organisations that provide homelessness services in the USA.-- ""European Journal of Homelessness"" The interfaith, interdisciplinary, and multicultural approach of this volume and the consistently high quality of the essays make it a valuable educational resource.-- ""Theological Studies"" Land of Stark Contrasts offers a much-needed inter-disciplinary exploration of the theme of homelessness through the lens of religious studies and theology. Unlike many texts that speak of the poor or marginalized in abstraction, this volume clearly expresses the concrete realities of homelessness in the United States and current efforts to combat it. This is a powerful effort to destigmatize homelessness and decriminalize the homeless population through a study of religious ethics and faith-based communities.---Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado, The University of Scranton This may well be the very best collection of essays ever assembled treating religious responses to contemporary street homelessness. If we are ever to address adequately the ensemble of social problems that perpetuate homelessness even in affluent societies, the solutions we implement will be rooted in both sound research and genuine religious motivation. This volume sheds abundant light on both of these realities, and deserves the highest recommendation.---Thomas Massaro, SJ, Professor of Moral Theology, Fordham University"

Land of Stark Contrasts offers a much-needed inter-disciplinary exploration of the theme of homelessness through the lens of religious studies and theology. Unlike many texts that speak of the poor or marginalized in abstraction, this volume clearly expresses the concrete realities of homelessness in the United States and current efforts to combat it. This is a powerful effort to destigmatize homelessness and decriminalize the homeless population through a study of religious ethics and faith-based communities. -- Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado, The University of Scranton This may well be the very best collection of essays ever assembled treating religious responses to contemporary street homelessness. If we are ever to address adequately the ensemble of social problems that perpetuate homelessness even in affluent societies, the solutions we implement will be rooted in both sound research and genuine religious motivation. This volume sheds abundant light on both of these realities, and deserves the highest recommendation. -- Thomas Massaro, SJ, Professor of Moral Theology, Fordham University

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Manuel Mejido Costoya has worked for the United Nations in Geneva and Bangkok and has held teaching and research appointments in Chile, Switzerland, and the United States.

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