Spiritual
solutions to end poverty:
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About 1 billion people live
in extreme poverty (about $1 or less per day); 1.5 billion are just
above subsistence level ($2 or less). Together, they represent 40%
of humanity. Disease, poor nutrition, lack of education, human rights
issues, war, and economic policies all play a role.
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But there is a spiritual
solution to poverty. And Christian Science has the capacity
to "cross continent and ocean, to the globe’s remotest
bound" and to bring healing solutions to light.
In this new site feature, updated weekly,
writers from around the world—the United Kingdom, Turkey,
Japan, United States, Australia, the Philippines, and India,
among others—explore the roots of poverty from a spiritual
perspective and offer prayerful, healing solutions that anyone
can put into practice.
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New this week:
To give to others—even when we’re in need ourselves—can have unexpected results.
Previously:
When we acknowledge that God created male and female as equal, says this Indian writer, we can change the cultural view of women as second-class citizens and help them see their spiritual birthright.
Tradition can be a valuable attribute for a culture—or it can hold back spiritual progress. Writing from Ethiopia, this woman describes how the once-limiting connection between church and state is making way for religious freedom.
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More
ways to pray about solutions to poverty
Listen to the replay of this Q&A chat with Christian Science practitioner Tony Lobl.
When we’re praying about poverty, our humble affirmation of people’s divine right to express the abundant substance of God provides a powerful agent for transformation.
The Bible includes numerous references
to provision, including repeated promises that one need only
understand its spiritual nature to find a lasting source that
can meet even the most desperate need.
More on poverty from The Christian Science Monitor
February 1, 2006
October 24, 2005
September 12, 2005
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