Rich Christmas in an age of hunger

This book has had an almost seismic effect on the evangelical social conscience since its first printing in 1977 (now in its third revision). Sider, president of Evangelicals for Social Action, has led the effort to stretch conservative evangelicals to understand the gospel beyond the “individual salvation of the soul” to a more holistic liberation of body and soul, and a consequent concern for social and economic justice.
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nHe opens the book by presenting startling statistics about world poverty and the huge disparity between the “haves” and the “have-nots,” confronting the tendency of the “affluent minority” to rationalize their wealth. This is followed by several chapters of serious biblical study highlighting God’s identification with the poor and the “casting down” of the rich. RONALD J. SIDER (AUTHOR)