| Bible and Poverty in Kenya: An Empirical Exploration Contributor(s): Sakwa, Maurice Matendechere (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004164626 ISBN-13: 9789004164628 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: By integrating cultural, political, social and economic factors the book empirically affirms, the importance of culture, represented by religious values, in the fight against poverty and that political and economic attitudes have a role to play in the development process. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Theology - Religion | Christian Living - Social Issues - Religion | Christian Ministry - Missions |
| Dewey: 261.832 |
| Series: Empirical Studies in Theology |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.54" W x 9.71" (1.13 lbs) 211 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Academic - Theometrics - Mainline - Theometrics - Evangelical - Cultural Region - East Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Many strategies have been formulated to reduce poverty, the most recent being the need to include the poor as co-agents in the development process. Culture, understood as commonly shared values, then becomes an important element in poverty alleviation. Likewise religion becomes an important element of culture when the values of that religion are considered as widespread in the society. Additionally, political and economic factors are equally important for poverty alleviation. This work is centered on a conceptual model postulating that cultural attitudes influence attitudes towards ends of poverty alleviation directly and indirectly through political and economic attitudes. The study maps out the paths of influence of cultural (religious values), political and economic attitudes on those towards ends of poverty alleviation. |
