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Title: Walking With the Poor: Principles and Practices of Transformational Development by Bryant L. Myers ISBN: 1-57075-275-3 Publisher: Orbis Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Best on Xn Theory and Theology for Development Workers
Comment: "Walking with the Poor..." is simply the best single book about holistic Christian development theory, theology, and real Christian organizational practice which I have read to date. The purpose of the book in Myers' own words "is to describe a proposal for understanding the principles and practice of transformational development (positive material, social and spiritual change) from a Christian perspective. It is my intention to try to bring together the basic streams of thinking and experience. The best of the principles and practice of the international development community needs to be integrated with the thinking and experience of Christian relief and development nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Then these two streams of experience need to be informed and shaped by a biblical framework for transformational development." For the most part, Myers achieves his purpose.
Myers quotes liberally from many other development thinkers and theologians from both economically developed countries and lesser developed countries. He uses wonderful diagrams that are worth their weight in gold for those who learn visually, and his appendices list pertinent Biblical texts and ways to evaluate spiritual transformation in a community. If you are a Christian working anywhere in development, you need to read this book! "Walking With the Poor" introduces a variety of development paradigms and theological reflections about development to those who may never have studied development formally and includes material likely to be new to even the more experienced development practitioner. "Walking With the Poor" is especially useful to get westerners thinking about and praying about how much they do not know about indigenous people, their worldviews, the problems they face, and the importance of the spiritual aspects of development work. Specific topic areas addressed are: a)differing Christian worldviews; b)Christian theology for development including "Third World" theologians views; c) descriptions of major development writers secular and sacred theories of development; d)the importance of participation of the poor in project design and management; e)some methods used by World Vision and other development organizations for encouraging participation by the poor; and f)some transformational evaluation methods used by World Vision.
The only mild criticism is that the book uses too many World Vision examples and experiences (which is reasonable given Myers' position as Vice-President of that organization) and does not include as much about other Christian NGOs work.
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Title: Rich Christians In An Age Of Hunger by Ronald J. Sider ISBN: 0849914248 Publisher: W Publishing Group Pub. Date: 23 July, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Good News and Good Works: A Theology for the Whole Gospel by Ronald J. Sider ISBN: 0801058457 Publisher: Baker Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Good News About Injustice: A Witness of Courage in a Hurting World by Gary A. Haugen ISBN: 0830822240 Publisher: InterVarsity Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Churches That Make a Difference: Reaching Your Community With Good News and Good Works by Ronald J. Sider, Philip N. Olson, Heidi Rolland Unruh ISBN: 0801091330 Publisher: Baker Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Discipling Nations: The Power of Truth to Transform Cultures by Darrow L. Miller, Stan Guthrie ISBN: 1576582485 Publisher: YWAM Publishing Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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