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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Structure of This Book | |
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| Solidarity with the Homeless | |
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| Placing Subjugated Lives and Voices at the Moral Center | |
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| Unraveling Social Ideologies | |
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| Examining Power, Privilege, and Social Domination | |
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| Identifying Victimization and Agency | |
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| Creating a Social Movement | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Homelessness and Housing in the United States | |
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| Historical Snapshot of Homelessness and Housing | |
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| Current Understandings and Demographics of Homelessness | |
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| Causes of Homelessness | |
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| Current Situation of Housing and Homelessness | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Dominant Ideologies on Housing and Homelessness | |
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| Homeowners as Responsible and Autonomous Citizens | |
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| Homeless as Deviant and Dependent Nonpersons | |
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| Alternative Images of the Homeless | |
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| Dominant Responses to Homelessness | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Rescue and Recovery Response | |
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| Individual Behavior as Cause of Homelessness | |
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| Spiritual Transformation | |
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| Discipline to Avoid Dependency | |
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| Race and Gender Neutrality | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Low-Income Homeownership Response | |
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| Homeownership as Transformative | |
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| Ideal Family and Home | |
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| A Hand Up, Not a Handout | |
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| Changing the Consciousness of the Rich | |
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| Building Communities of Commonality | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Prophetic-Disruption Assessment and Response | |
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| Empowering Aspects of Models | |
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| Blaming the Undeserving Homeless | |
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| Uplifting the Deserving Homeowner | |
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| Minimal Structural Critique | |
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| Becoming a More Compassionate Society | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| A Home for All in God's Just and Compassionate Community | |
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| Building a Social Movement to End Homelessness | |
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| Congregational Listening, Educating, Advocating, and Organizing | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Selected Bibliography and Resources | |
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| Index | |