Blessed Are the Poor?: Urban Poverty and the Church

by Laurie Green

Listening intently to what the poor have to say is Laurie Green's way into a new study of Jesus' most famous Beatitude - Blessed are the Poor. Combining years of pavement level experience with informed biblical analysis he sets out for us how the perspective of the poor opens us up to new biblical and theological insights. These issue in a radical rethink about mission and what it means to be Church in a post-secular society. The book introduces us...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 033405365X
• ISBN13: 9780334053651
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: SCM Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"