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Learn more about the issues of poverty and development with these resources from Episcopal Relief & Development and well-known experts in the field.
Episcopal Relief & Development Research Papers:
- Preventing Hunger: Episcopal Relief & Development's Response to the Food Crisis. READ HERE.
- Promoting Women's Voices: Episcopal Relief & Development's Support for Women's Empowerment. Download PDF
- Saving Mothers: Episcopal Relief & Development’s Commitment to Maternal Health Download PDF
Recommended Speeches:
Bonnie Anderson's "Call, Mission, Morality, and Knowing Our Stuff" Download PDF
Recommended Books:
We recommend the following books to help raise awareness about the importance of development in addressing poverty and disease worldwide:
An American Awakening: From Ground Zero to Katrina the People We Are Free to Be by Courtney Cowart
Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire by William T. Cavanaugh
Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by Paul Collier
Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen
Food and Faith: Justice, Joy, and Daily Bread edited by Michael Schut
Lifting Women's Voices edited by Margaret Rose, Jenny Te Paa, Jeanne Person and Abagail Nelson
Micah's Challenge: The Church's Responsibility to the Global Poor by Marijke Hoek and Justin Thacker.
Money & Faith: The Search for Enough edited by Michael Schut
Simpler Living, Compassionate Life: A Christian Perspective edited by Michael Schut
The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good by William Easterly.
Please note Episcopal Relief & Development does not necessarily endorse or agree with all statements, perspectives and arguments offered by the authors. These books are suggested to spark discussion and dialogue about these critical issues.
