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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 | |