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Charity Detox: What Charity Would Look Like If We Cared About Results
Robert D. Lupton
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Description for Charity Detox: What Charity Would Look Like If We Cared About Results
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX6; HRCX7; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 306.
The veteran urban activist and author of the revolutionary Toxic Charity returns with a headline-making book that offers proven, results-oriented ideas for transforming our system of giving. In Toxic Charity, Robert D. Lupton revealed the truth about modern charity programs meant to help the poor and disenfranchised. While charity makes donors feel better, he argued, it often hurts those it seeks to help. At the forefront of this burgeoning yet ineffective compassion industry are American churches, which spend billions on dependency-producing programs, including food pantries. But what would charity look like if we, instead, measured it by its ability ... Read more
The veteran urban activist and author of the revolutionary Toxic Charity returns with a headline-making book that offers proven, results-oriented ideas for transforming our system of giving. In Toxic Charity, Robert D. Lupton revealed the truth about modern charity programs meant to help the poor and disenfranchised. While charity makes donors feel better, he argued, it often hurts those it seeks to help. At the forefront of this burgeoning yet ineffective compassion industry are American churches, which spend billions on dependency-producing programs, including food pantries. But what would charity look like if we, instead, measured it by its ability ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
305g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780062307262
SKU
V9780062307262
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About Robert D. Lupton
ROBERT D. LUPTON is founder and president of FCS (Focused Community Strategies) Urban Ministries and author of Toxic Charity; Theirs Is the Kingdom; Return Flight; Renewing the City; Compassion, Justice, and the Christian Life; and the widely circulated Urban Perspectives newsletter. He has a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Georgia. To learn more, visit ... Read more
Reviews for Charity Detox: What Charity Would Look Like If We Cared About Results
Lupton is one of the sharpest, freshest, sassiest community developers out there. He is helping us all become wiser so that we don't settle for charity when we could have justice.
Shane Claiborne, author of Irresistible Revolution When Bob Lupton speaks of the inner city, the rest of us ought to sit up and take notice... [His ... Read more
Shane Claiborne, author of Irresistible Revolution When Bob Lupton speaks of the inner city, the rest of us ought to sit up and take notice... [His ... Read more