Urban Trek Readings on Urban Poverty

    -Scott Bessenecker

Reference: Bessenecker, Scott, (2004) The New Friars: Evangelical Youth Living Among the Poor, unpublished

SPIRITUAL

            Theology of Poverty (30 pages)
1.      Maggay, Melba (1996) Transforming Society, Quezon City, Philippines: Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture, pp. 1-16
2.      Myers, Bryant (1999) Walking with the Poor, New York, NY: Orbis Books, Maryknoll pp. 46-56

Incarnational Ministry (22 pages)
3.      Grigg, Viv (1990) Companion to the Poor: Christ in the Urban Slums, Monrovia, CA: MARC pp. 17-24, 77-84
4.      Baker, Ken (2002) “The Incarnational Model: Perception of Deception?” Evangelical Missions Quarterly, January 2002 pp. 16-24

            Mission (31 pages)
5.      Samual, Vinay and Sugden, Chris (1999) Mission as Transformation, Oxford: Regnum pp.11-25
6.      Gollings, Richard (1994) “Planting Covenant Communities of Faith in the City” from God So Loves the City:  Seeking a Theology for Urban Mission, edited by Charles Van Engen, and J. Tiersma Monrovia, CA: MARC pp. 125-142

PHYSICAL

            History (36 pages)
7.      McKay, John P., B.D. Hill, J. Buckler and P.B. Ebrey, (2000) A History of World Societies, Fifth Edition, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company pp. 1118-1141
8.      Gugler, Josef, ed. (1996) The Urban Transformation of the Developing World, Oxford: Oxford University Press pp. 1-14

            Health (28 pages)
9.     Okaalet, Peter (2001) “Reducing Poverty by Combating AIDS” from Faith in Development edited by D. Belshaw, R. Calderisi and C. Sugden, Oxford: Regnum pp.131-141
10.    Rowland, Stan (1995) “Christian Witness through Community Health” from Transforming Health, Eric Ram editor, Monrovia, CA: MARC pp.215-233

            Property (36 pages)
11.  De Soto, Hernando (2000) The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else  New York: Basic Books pp. 15-37
12.  UN Habitat (2003) “Slums in the Housing Sector,” from The Challenge of Slums: Global Report on Human Settlements 2003, London: Earthscan pp. 104-117 

EMOTIONAL

            Prostitution (10 pages)
13.  Garcia, Anabel Hernandez (2003). “Protect the Sex Trafficking of Children in San Diego” from El Universal Mexico City, January 9, 2003. Translated by Chuck Goolsby.
14.  Human Rights Watch/Asia (1995) “Rape for Profit: Trafficking of Nepali Girls and Women to India's Brothels”  New York: Human Rights Watch pp. 7-12 (from “Patterns of Abuse” up through “Padma”)

            Children (12 pages)
15.  Unicef (2002) “Poverty and Exclusion Among Urban Children,” Innocenti Digest No. 10, Florence, Italy: Innocenti Research Centre pp. 8-14
16.  Anderson, Jeff (2001) Restoring Children of the Streets: A Guide for Mobilizing and Equipping God’s People Around the World, Mountlake Terrace, WA: Action International Ministries pp. 12-18

            Justice (40 pages)
17.  Haugen, Gary (1999) Good News About Injustice, Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press pp. 51-64
18.  Grigg, Viv (1990) Companion to the Poor: Christ in the Urban Slums, Monrovia, CA: MARC pp. 161-188 

SOCIAL

            Community Development (28 pages)
19.  Linthicum, Robert (2003) Transforming Power: Biblical Strategies for Making a Difference in your Community, Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press pp. 148-161
20.  Myers, Bryant (1999) Walking with the Poor, New York, NY: Orbis Books, Maryknoll pp. 137-150

            Economics (22 pages)
21.  Getu, Makonen (2001) “Poverty Alleviation and the Role of Microcredit in Africa” from Faith in Development edited by D. Belshaw, R. Calderisi and C. Sugden, Oxford: Regnum pp.165-179
22.  Prahalad, C.K. and Allen Hammond (2002) “Serving the World’s Poor Profitably” Harvard Business Review, Boston, pp. 48-56

            Ethnicity (40 pages)
23.  Gurr, Ted R. and B. Harff, editors (1994) Ethnic Conflict in World Politics, San Francisco: Westview Press pp. 1-33
24.  Gornik, Mark (2002) To Live in Peace: Biblical Faith and the Changing Inner City, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans pp.35-50

ENVIRONMENTAL

            Water and Sanitation (15 pages)
25.  C. Bosch, K. Hommann, G. Rubio, C. Sadoff and L. Travers (2003) “Water, Sanitation and Poverty,” from A Sourcebook for Poverty Reduction Strategies edited by Jeni Klugman, Washington DC: The World Bank pp. 373-379
26.  Environmental Health Project (1996) “Health and the Environment in Urban Poor Areas: Avoiding a Crisis through Prevention,” Capsule Report Number 1, March 1996, Arlington, VA: Environmental Health Project

Population (36 pages)
27.  Sen, Amartya (1995) “Population: Delusion and Reality” from The Nine Lives of Population       Control, edited by Michael Cromartie, Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing pp.102-127
28.  V. Setty-Venugopal and U. D. Upadhyay (2002) “Birth Spacing: Three to Five Saves Lives” from Population Reports, Volume XXX, Number 2, Summer 2002, Baltimore, MD: Population Information Program pp.1-2, 7-8, 12-23.

            Urban Planning (28 pages)
29.  Dick, H.W. and P.J. Rimmer (1998) “Beyond the Third World City: The New Urban Geography of Southeast Asia” from Urban Studies, Vol. 35, No. 12, pp. 2309-2321
30.  Goetz, Edward (2003) Clearing the Way: Deconcentrating the Poor in Urban America Washington DC: Urban Institute Press (chapter 1)

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