Monday, January 11, 2010

Episcopal Relief & Development Suggested Reading

Episcopal Relief & Development Suggested Reading


Suggested Reading

Learn more about the issues of poverty and development with these resources from Episcopal Relief & Development and well-known experts in the field.

Episcopal Relief & Development Research Papers:

  • Preventing Hunger: Episcopal Relief & Development's Response to the Food Crisis. READ HERE.
  • Promoting Women's Voices: Episcopal Relief & Development's Support for Women's Empowerment. Download PDF
  • Saving Mothers: Episcopal Relief & Development’s Commitment to Maternal Health Download PDF

Recommended Speeches:

Bonnie Anderson's "Call, Mission, Morality, and Knowing Our Stuff" Download PDF

Recommended Books:

We recommend the following books to help raise awareness about the importance of development in addressing poverty and disease worldwide:

An American Awakening: From Ground Zero to Katrina the People We Are Free to Be by Courtney Cowart

Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire by William T. Cavanaugh

Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande.

The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by Paul Collier.

Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen.

Food and Faith: Justice, Joy, and Daily Bread edited by Michael Schut

Micah's Challenge: The Church's Responsibility to the Global Poor by Marijke Hoek and Justin Thacker.

Money & Faith: The Search for Enough edited by Michael Schut

Simpler Living, Compassionate Life: A Christian Perspective edited by Michael Schut

The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good by William Easterly.

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