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Charity Detox: What Charity Would Look Like If We Cared about Results

Charity Detox: What Charity Would Look Like If We Cared about Results

Lupton, Robert D.

Paperback

General ChristianityGeneral SociologyPoverty & Social Work

ISBN10: 0062307282
ISBN13: 9780062307286
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: Jul 5 2016
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English

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 to alleviate poverty and needs?

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