Land of Stark Contrasts

<p><b>An important new volume showcasing a wide range of faith-based responses to one of today's most pressing social issues challenging us to expand our ways of understanding. <br></b><br><i>Land of Stark Contrasts</i> brings together the work of social scientists ethicists and theologians exploring the profound role of religion in understanding and responding to homelessness and housing insecurity in all corners of the United States-from Seattle San Francisco and Silicon Valley to Dallas and San Antonio to Washington D.C. and Boston.<br><br>Together the essays of<i> Land of Stark Contrasts</i> chart intriguing ways forward for future initiatives to address the root causes of homelessness. In this way they are essential reading for practical theologians congregational leaders and faith-based nonprofit organizers exploring how to combine spiritual and material care for homeless individuals and other vulnerable populations. Social workers nonprofit managers and policy specialists seeking to understand how to partner better with faith-based organizations will also find the chapters in this volume an invaluable resource.<br><br>Contributors include James V. Spickard Manuel Mejido Costoya and Margaret Breen Michael R. Fisher Jr. Laura Stivers Lauren Valk Lawson Bruce Granville Miller Nancy A. Khalil John A. Coleman S.J. Jeremy Phillip Brown Paul Houston Blankenship Mar��a Teresa D��vila Roberto Mata and Sathianathan Clarke.<br><br><i>Co-published with Seattle University's Center for Religious Wisdom and World Affairs</i></p>