Beyond Charity

Beyond Charity
Author: Carter Lindberg
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1993-07-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781451404951

The common stereotype is that the Reformers separated public and private morality and were indifferent to the ethical import of social structures and institutions. Beyond Charity calls this understanding into question by providing an analysis of the historical situation and translations of primary documents. The medieval point of view, formed by piety of achievement, idealized poverty -- either as voluntary renunciation or as almsgiving. In either case the material effects on actual poverty were slight, and the religious endorsement of poverty precluded urban efforts to address this growing problem. The Reformers impelled by their theology, developed and passed new legislative structures for addressing social welfare needs. The key to their undertakings was the conviction that social ethics is the continuation of community worship. In the first half, this book sets forth the medieval context, details Luther's critique of the profit economy of his day, and analyzes the actual social welfare programs that issued from his theology. The second half provides translations of selected legislative programs from the church orders of the Reformation

Beyond Charity

Beyond Charity
Author: John M. Perkins
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1993-07-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1585582115

A powerful call to action to bring reconciliation and restoration to broken communities.

Beyond Charity: International Cooperation and the Global Refugee Crisis

Beyond Charity: International Cooperation and the Global Refugee Crisis
Author: Gil Loescher
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 1996-08-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0195356071

With more than 18 million refugees worldwide, the refugee problem has fostered an intense debate regarding what political changes are necessary in the international system to provide effective solutions in the 1990s and beyond. In the past, refugees have been perceived largely as a problem of international charity, but as the end of the Cold War triggers new refugee movements across the globe, governments are being forced to develop a more systematic approach to the refugee problem. Beyond Charity provides the first extensive overview of the world refugee crisis today, asserting that refugees raise not only humanitarian concerns but also issues of international peace and security. Gil Loescher argues persuasively that a central challenge in the post Cold-War era is to develop a comprehensive refugee policy that preserves the right of asylum while promoting greater political and diplomatic efforts to address the causes of flight. He presents the contemporary crisis in a historical framework and explores the changing role of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Loescher suggests short-term and long-term reforms that address both the current refugee crisis and its underlying causes. The book also details the ways governmental structures and international organizations could be strengthened to assume more effective assistance, protection, and political mediation functions. Beyond Charity helps frame the debate on the global refugee crisis and offers directions for more effective approaches to refugee problems at present and in the future.

Beyond Charity

Beyond Charity
Author: Savvy Soumya Misra
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2019-11-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9389449898

Oxfam has been in India for nearly seventy years-provided aid in cash and kind for those who needed it the most, supported grassroots movements and activists, and fought for the rights of the Adivasis, Dalits, Muslims and women. Over the years, its focus has shifted to building strong communities, empowering women to smash patriarchal social norms, rehabilitate survivors of natural and man-made disasters, and make communities sustainable. In 2008, Oxfam India became an Indian NGO, and this book takes stock of the first ten years of Oxfam India. It is the story of Oxfam India's work through stories of people – people who worked at Oxfam, people who worked with Oxfam, and people who Oxfam made a difference to. It is a story of change told through people, rather than through economic and social theories.

Beyond Charity

Beyond Charity
Author: Gil Loescher
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1993
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Introduction : the global refugee crisis

Beyond Safaris

Beyond Safaris
Author: Kevin Danaher
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1991
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

For those interested in building grassroots ties with Africa