Rich Christians in an age of hunger : a Biblical study

Content: Introduction --
Two scenarios --
The background --
The future and our response --
Famine redefined --
Part I: Poor Lazarus and rich Christians --
1. A billion hungry neighbors --
The third world and fourth worlds --
Infants, brain damage, and protein --
2. The affluent motility --
A widening chasm --
Poverty at 15,000 dollars a year? --
Promises, promises --
How generous are we? --
Rationalizing our affluence --
Part II: A biblical perspective on the poor and possessions --
3. God and the poor --
Pivotal points of revelation history --
God identifies with the poor --
God's special instruments --
Is God a Marxist? --
God's concern and ours --
4. Economic relationships among the people of God --
The jubilee principle --
The Sabbatical year --
Laws on tithing and gleaning --
Models to follow and avoid --
Jesus' new community --
The Jerusalem model --
Economic koinonia --
Conclusion --
5. A biblical attitude toward property and wealth --
Private property --
A carefree attitude toward possessions --
The rich fool --
The ring and the beloved --
Righteousness and riches --
6. Structural evil and world hunger --
The Bible and structural evil --
Institutionalized evil today --
How much coffee buys a jeep? --
Consumption of nonrenewable resources --
Feeding America's one and a half billion --
Making fair profit? --
Why are bananas cheaper than apples? --
The repentance of Zacchaeus --
Part III: Implementation --
7. The graduated tithe and other less modest proposals: toward a simpler lifestyle --
The God of North America and its prophet --
The graduated tithe --
A liberated family --
Communal living --
Practical suggestions --
Criteria for giving --
8. Watching over one another in love --
A sociological perspective --
New patterns of Christian community --
A congregation of house churches --
The individual house church --
The Christian commune --
9. Structural change --
Who will be helped? --
International trade --
A new food policy --
Giving bombs or bread? --
Ringing the liberty bell --
Epilogue.