Silence Can Kill: Speaking Up to End Hunger and Make Our Economy Work for Everyone - Softcover

Simon, Arthur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802877478 ISBN 13: 9780802877475

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2019

Synopsis

Have faith. End hunger. Ending hunger is a moral imperative that does not stand alone. Hunger thrives on the racial, social, and economic inequalities that are eating away at the soul of our nation and pulling us apart. But ending hunger could now become the cause that brings us together across partisan lines to make our economy include everyone and work for everybody. The goal of ending hunger nationwide is not only noble but easily within reach. Taking up this goal could give us a corrective lens, a lens of hope for seeing ourselves and our country in a new way. It could also give us better vision for helping the world overcome extreme hunger and poverty. Our failure to speak and write to members of Congress about hunger consigns millions of people here and abroad to diminished lives and premature death, so it is a silence that kills. We can break that silence by urging the nation’s leaders to help end hunger and humanize our economy. This book addresses all people of goodwill, including agnostics and atheists, but with a special word of concern for religious people—Christians in particular—who help through charity, but neglect to use the power of their citizenship against hunger.

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About the Author

Arthur Simon (1930-2023) was founder and president emeritus of Bread for the World, a Christian advocacy organization that urges US decision makers to help end hunger at home and abroad. He was the recipient of the President's Lifetime Achievement Award, the Center for Public Justice's Leadership Award, and the Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award. He authored many books, including Bread for the World, How Much Is Enough? Hungering for God in an Affluent Culture, and Silence Can Kill: Speaking Up to End Hunger and Make Our Economy Work for Everyone.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802877478
• ISBN 13: 9780802877475
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 307