Grace at the table / Beckmann, David M. 

Public ISBD Titre : Grace at the table : ending hunger in God's world Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Beckmann, David M., Auteur ; Simon, Arthur R., Auteur Editeur : Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press Année de publication : ©1999 Importance : iv, 219 p. Présentation : illustrations Format : 22 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-8091-3866-1 Note générale : Includes bibliographical references Langues : Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Agriculture and state Food supply--Government policy Hunger Index. décimale : HD 9000.5 Résumé : David Beckmann and Arthur Simon, the president and founder of Bread for the World, use a question-and-answer format to share what they have learned about world hunger, and the country's ability to end it. Note de contenu : I. Hunger in God's world -- A place at the table -- What God intends -- World hunger -- Hunger next door -- II. Ending hunger -- Focused efforts -- The way out -- III. The overloaded earth -- You can't save forests if people are starving -- Too many people? -- Too little food? -- IV. A jobs-based strategy -- Creating good jobs -- Investing in people -- Welfare reform -- V. Gender and race -- Women bear the brunt -- Racism and hunger -- VI. The economics of hunger -- Two cheers for capitalism -- The global economy -- Does trade hurt or help? -- International investment and debt -- Crumbs from the table -- The world bank and the IMF -- VII. The politics of hunger -- Charity is not enough -- The government has to do its part -- Guns and bread -- Democracy and human rights -- Can we afford to end hunger? -- Transforming the politics of hunger -- VIII. Taking action -- The recovery of vision -- You can make a difference! -- Bread for the world. Grace at the table : ending hunger in God's world [texte imprimé] / Beckmann, David M., Auteur ; Simon, Arthur R., Auteur . - Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, ©1999 . - iv, 219 p. : illustrations ; 22 cm. ISBN : 978-0-8091-3866-1 Includes bibliographical references Langues : Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Agriculture and state Food supply--Government policy Hunger Index. décimale : HD 9000.5 Résumé : David Beckmann and Arthur Simon, the president and founder of Bread for the World, use a question-and-answer format to share what they have learned about world hunger, and the country's ability to end it. Note de contenu : I. Hunger in God's world -- A place at the table -- What God intends -- World hunger -- Hunger next door -- II. Ending hunger -- Focused efforts -- The way out -- III. The overloaded earth -- You can't save forests if people are starving -- Too many people? -- Too little food? -- IV. A jobs-based strategy -- Creating good jobs -- Investing in people -- Welfare reform -- V. Gender and race -- Women bear the brunt -- Racism and hunger -- VI. The economics of hunger -- Two cheers for capitalism -- The global economy -- Does trade hurt or help? -- International investment and debt -- Crumbs from the table -- The world bank and the IMF -- VII. The politics of hunger -- Charity is not enough -- The government has to do its part -- Guns and bread -- Democracy and human rights -- Can we afford to end hunger? -- Transforming the politics of hunger -- VIII. Taking action -- The recovery of vision -- You can make a difference! -- Bread for the world.

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How much is enough? / Simon, Arthur R. 

Public ISBD Titre : How much is enough? : hungering for God in an affluent culture Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Simon, Arthur R., Auteur Editeur : Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books Année de publication : c2003 Importance : 192 p. Format : 22 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-8010-6408-1 Note générale : Includes bibliographical references. Langues : Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Christian life Wealth--Religious aspects--Christianity Index. décimale : BR 115.W4 Résumé : Why, in the face of unprecedented affluence, do so many feel discontented? Because possessions may capture the heart, but they cannot nourish the soul. "How Much Is Enough?" maintains that only the source of joy can give us joy. It points the way to release from captivity to things and to the joy of following Christ. Note de contenu : That seductive urge -- Fat wallets, empty lives -- Hope and purpose -- Rushing to nowhere -- The poverty of riches -- The sorrow of pleasure -- The weakness of power -- Faces of affluence -- How much is enough? -- Living simply so that others may simply live -- Love and justice -- Saying "yes" to life -- Filling the heart with something better than cash -- The meek inherit the earth. How much is enough? : hungering for God in an affluent culture [texte imprimé] / Simon, Arthur R., Auteur . - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, c2003 . - 192 p. ; 22 cm. ISBN : 978-0-8010-6408-1 Includes bibliographical references. Langues : Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Christian life Wealth--Religious aspects--Christianity Index. décimale : BR 115.W4 Résumé : Why, in the face of unprecedented affluence, do so many feel discontented? Because possessions may capture the heart, but they cannot nourish the soul. "How Much Is Enough?" maintains that only the source of joy can give us joy. It points the way to release from captivity to things and to the joy of following Christ. Note de contenu : That seductive urge -- Fat wallets, empty lives -- Hope and purpose -- Rushing to nowhere -- The poverty of riches -- The sorrow of pleasure -- The weakness of power -- Faces of affluence -- How much is enough? -- Living simply so that others may simply live -- Love and justice -- Saying "yes" to life -- Filling the heart with something better than cash -- The meek inherit the earth.

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