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Preface to the Fifth Edition | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Poor Lazarus and Rich Christians | |
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A Billion Hungry Neighbors | |
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New Economic Divisions in the World | |
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Uneven Distribution | |
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Famine Redefined | |
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Poverty's Children | |
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Making Progress | |
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Population | |
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Limits to Growth? | |
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The Future and Our Response | |
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The Affluent Minority | |
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Promises, Promises | |
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Where Did It All Begin? | |
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How Affluent Are We? | |
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Poverty at $50,000 a Year? | |
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How Generous Are We? | |
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Rationalizing Our Affluence | |
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A Biblical Perspective on the Poor and Possessions | |
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God and the Poor | |
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Pivotal Points of Revelation History | |
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God Identifies with the Poor | |
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God's Special Instruments | |
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Why Does God Cast Down the Rich? | |
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God's Concern and Ours | |
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Is God on the Side of the Poor? | |
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Economic Fellowship and Economic Justice | |
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Capital in an Agricultural Society | |
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The Year of Jubilee | |
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The Sabbatical Year | |
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Laws on Tithing and Gleaning | |
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Models to Follow and Avoid | |
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Jesus' New Community | |
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The Jerusalem Model | |
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Economic Koinonia | |
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How Then Shall We Live? | |
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Thinking Biblically About Property and Possessions | |
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Private Property | |
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The Danger of Riches | |
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The Ring and the Beloved | |
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Righteousness and Riches | |
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Carefree Living | |
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Social Evil: Sin Embedded in Societal Systems | |
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The Old Testament | |
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The New Testament | |
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God's Response | |
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What Causes Poverty? | |
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Poverty's Complex Causes | |
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Sinful Personal Choices | |
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Unbiblical Worldviews | |
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Disasters | |
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Lack of Technology | |
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Great Inequalities of Power | |
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Western Colonialism | |
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Structural Injustice Today | |
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Evaluating Market Economies | |
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International Trade | |
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The International Debt Crisis | |
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Destroying the Environment and the Poor | |
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How Are We Harming God's Creation and the Poor? | |
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Eating Food from Hungry Nations | |
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Multinational Corporations in Developing Countries | |
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Discrimination and War | |
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Repentance | |
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Implementation | |
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Toward a Simpler Lifestyle: The Graduated Tithe and Other Modest Proposals | |
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The God of North America | |
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Some Examples | |
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The Graduated Tithe | |
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Communal Living | |
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Guidelines for Giving | |
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Some Practical Suggestions | |
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Evaluating Organizations | |
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How Generous Are We? | |
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The Sabbath and Our Lifestyles | |
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A Call for Loyalty | |
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Watching Over One Another in Love | |
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A Sociological Perspective | |
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New Patterns of Christian Community | |
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A Congregation of House Churches | |
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The Individual House Church | |
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"All Things in Common" | |
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Glass Cathedrals in an Age of Hunger? | |
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The Triple Five Plan | |
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Making the World More Fair | |
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Ambulance Drivers or Tunnel Builders? | |
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Who Will Be Helped? | |
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A Change in Foreign Policy | |
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Social Change and Conversion | |
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Correcting Weaknesses of Market Economies | |
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Making International Trade More Fair | |
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Reducing Unmanageable Debt | |
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Preserving the Earth and Empowering the Poor | |
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Does Foreign Aid Help? | |
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Bombs, Bread, and Illusions | |
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Organizations That Make a Difference | |
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Let Justice Ring | |
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Epilogue | |
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Works Cited | |
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Organizations | |
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Endnotes | |
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Index of Persons and Topics | |