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Author: Michael L. Landon
Publisher: University Press of America
Imprint: University Press of America
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 21.80cm
Weight: 0.272kg
ISBN: 9780761835219
ISBN 10: 0761835210
Pages: 206
Publication Date: 30 August 2006
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
The way one understands poverty is a major influence on how one responds to it. Landon provides a useful analysis and summary of a wide range of biblical perspectives on poverty and our response as Christians.--Bryan Myers
The way one understands poverty is a major influence on how one responds to it. Landon...provides a useful analysis and summary of a wide range of biblical perspectives on poverty and our response as Christians. -- Bryan Myers, VP of World Vision International, Editor of MARC Newsletter, and author of Walking with the Poor: Principles and Practices of Tr This book is unique and important because it combines the insight of a cross-cultural perspective, personal field research, and biblical [references]...I highly recommend it. -- John M. Perkins, Founder, The John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation & Development Anyone desiring or needing to understand...the causes of poverty should read Sweating it Out. Michael Landon combines rigorous scholarship, fluid style, and common sense practicality in his very useful study of the forces driving the growth and persistence of poverty. Best of all, he offers a helpful challenge to people of faith to become involved in a movement of renewal and community development aimed at the elimination of the curse of poverty. -- Larry James, President and CEO, Central Dallas Ministries
The way one understands poverty is a major influence on how one responds to it. Landon…provides a useful analysis and summary of a wide range of biblical perspectives on poverty and our response as Christians. -- Bryan Myers, VP of World Vision International, Editor of MARC Newsletter, and author of Walking with the Poor: Principles and Practices of Tr This book is unique and important because it combines the insight of a cross-cultural perspective, personal field research, and biblical [references]…I highly recommend it. -- John M. Perkins, Founder, The John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation & Development Anyone desiring or needing to understand…the causes of poverty should read Sweating it Out. Michael Landon combines rigorous scholarship, fluid style, and common sense practicality in his very useful study of the forces driving the growth and persistence of poverty. Best of all, he offers a helpful challenge to people of faith to become involved in a movement of renewal and community development aimed at the elimination of the curse of poverty. -- Larry James, President and CEO, Central Dallas Ministries
Author Information
Michael Lee Landon is Minister of the Groton Church of Christ in Groton, Connecticut. He received his M.A. in Ministry from the Harding Graduate School of Religion, and his Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. In addition, he studied at Faculdade de Teologia Nossa Senhora de Assuncao (Our Lady of Assumption Seminary) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles addressing poverty, community development and outreach, and the responsibility of Christians.
