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100 _aMaggay, Melba Padilla
100 _eAuthor
245 _aRise Up and Walk
245 _bReligion and Culture in Empowering the Poor
245 _cMelba Padilla Maggay
260 _aOxford
260 _bRegnum Books International
260 _c2015
300 _a378tr.
300 _bPaperback
300 _c23cm
520 _aMelba 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.
650 _aChristianity and culture
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