The Preferential option for the poor
Subtitle: essays
By: by Robert Benne ... [et al.] and The story of an encounter by David Heim ; edited and with a foreword by Richard John Neuhaus.
Contributors: Benne, Robert.; Neuhaus, Richard John.; Center on Religion & Society (New York, N.Y.)
Series: Encounter series ;; 8; Encounter series (Grand Rapids, Mich.) ;; 8.
Publisher: W.B. Eerdmans
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
Subjects: Church work with the poor -- Congresses.; Poverty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Papers presented at a conference sponsored by the Center on Religion & Society.
Table of contents: title: Protestantism and poverty / Max L. Stackhouse; title: Option for the poor / Dennis P. McCann; title: The preferential option for the poor and American public policy / Robert Benne; title: To throw oneself into the wave / Gilbert Meilaender; title: The story of an encounter / David Heim.