From Prophecy to Charity: How to Help the Poor

Helping the poor is a question central to American life. Partially driven by America's Judeo-Christian heritage, Americans believe we possess enough wealth to provide some minimum basic standard of living for all and genuinely desire to help the least among us. We are the most generous nation on earth, spending hundreds of billions of dollars annually through private giving, corporate philanthropy, government aid, and other forms of charity. And yet, despite these efforts, international and domestic poverty persist. In From Prophecy to Charity: How to Help the Poor, Lawrence M. Mead critiques the philosophical presuppositions of past and current endeavors to alleviate poverty and provides a framework to guide future efforts based on what has been proven to actually help those in need: charity rooted in love.

Author: Lawrence M. Mead
Publisher: AEI Press
Published: 11/15/2011
Pages: 140
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 6.30h x 4.40w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780844743806
ISBN10: 0844743801
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness
- Social Science | Philanthropy & Charity

About the Author
Lawrence M. Mead is professor of politics at New York University