Faithful Action : How Each Christian Can End Poverty

Hunger. Disease. Poverty. Climate Change. The headlines suggest that these scourges of human suffering and injustice are too enormous to ever solve. Yet, Christian faith acknowledges that God became Incarnate in Jesus so that all may have life, and have it in all its fullness. The poignant and aching question in the 21st Century is how? What are the Millennium Development Goals being discussed by celebrities such as Bono, groups like ONE, and religious leaders such as the Episcopal Church's Presiding Bishop, Katharine Jefferts Schori? In this timely and readable book, Episcopal priest and economist Jay Lawlor responds to these questions by offering a roadmap through the issues of poverty and Christian faith. With clarity and conviction, Lawlor presents a portrait of global poverty and environmental degradation, biblical teachings on poverty and our care for the poor, and then offers concrete and practical suggestions on how each Christian can respond to the Millennium Development Goals. What becomes clear is that we are at unique moment in history where we can end extreme poverty and build a sustainable future that offers God's justice, compassion, and reconciliation in our own day.