01788nam a2200301 a 4500 20260119070525.0 2022-02-28 11:52:15 9781908355645 1 0 eng 261.8325 M517-M19 Maggay, Melba Padilla Author Rise Up and Walk Religion and Culture in Empowering the Poor Melba Padilla Maggay Oxford Regnum Books International 2015 378tr. Paperback 23cm Melba Padilla Maggay is an anthropologist who unapologetically interposes the religious lens into her critical examination of contemporary social and economic systems. The result is a stunning study that casts new light on the old issues of poverty, inequality, and underdevelopment in a globalized world. Drawing from case studies of Protestant evangelical organizations engaged in various projects of popular empowerment, as well as from her own rich personal reflections, she weaves a compelling narrative of the contradictions, limits, and possibilities of different modes of interventions in the uplift and emancipation of the poor. In the process, she advances an eloquent case for spirituality as the quest for infinite meaning in a world overrun by sectarian strife, consumerist excess, despair, loneliness, and cynicism, This is a unique book on the theory and practice of solidarity that academics, social activists, development agencies, and religious congregations alike will find immensely relevant to their work. Christianity and culture https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/2/28/1642.jpg Cover Image 211001 TKH 7027 7027 0 0 0 0 TVCD TVCD 2026-01-20 0.00 0 TVCD-7027 0.00 BK