March 9, 2015 / Praxis
On geography, state fairs, and deep-fried nostalgia.
poverty
Eric Paul
February 13, 2013 / Justice Outside the City
February 13, 2013 / Justice Outside the City
Jimmy Fulmer used to frequent the Co-op for lunch on a daily basis. He was …
Meghan Young
August 11, 2010 / Perspective
August 11, 2010 / Perspective
Young reviews Gina Oschner’s critically acclaimed novel THE RUSSIAN DREAMBOOK OF COLOR AND FLIGHT, with an eye to how the novel’s post-Soviet characters mirror Young’s own experience living with her missionary family in Latvia.
Christopher J. H. Wright
August 5, 2010 / Praxis
August 5, 2010 / Praxis
The Old Testament recognizes that riches can be gained through wickedness and oppression, but it also teaches and exemplifies that those to whom God grants more than ordinary wealth can and should make use of it in ways that are righteous before God, both in attitude and in practice.
Bob Goudzwaard & Mark Vander Vennen
June 16, 2010 / Theology
June 16, 2010 / Theology
In this essay, Bob Goudzwaard and Mark Vander Vennen argue that genuine solutions to today’s interlocking global crises—the financial crisis, global poverty, the environmental crisis, the security crisis—lie in understanding the purpose of life beyond Western society’s commitment to unending material, economic, and technological progress.
Nadine Pinède
May 19, 2010 / Praxis
May 19, 2010 / Praxis
In this essay, Nadine Pinède reflects on a 2003 trip to Haiti and on a gathering of the MPP, Haiti’s largest grassroots organization, which focuses on food production and peasant mobilization as a response to poverty in Haiti.
Katie Grimes
March 31, 2010 / Theology
March 31, 2010 / Theology
The life of Bartolome de Las Casas suggests that, for Christians living in privileged nations such as the United States, poverty in solidarity with the poor is a requirement of discipleship; the necessity of such solidarity is demonstrated by the United States Catholic bishops’ conference’s inability to grasp the true nature of its country’s relationship to Haiti.
Edward R. Brown
March 3, 2010 / Praxis
March 3, 2010 / Praxis
Dubai and Nairobi represent two ends of the poverty/wealth spectrum, but which one is really wealthy?