Global Urban Trek Reading List

Students will be supplied with a copy of Quest for Hope in the Slum Community , edited by Scott Bessenecker, and asked to read it prior to the Trek.

The contents of this anthology are as follows.

SPIRITUAL

Theology of Poverty

  1. 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

  1. Companion to the Poor: Christ in the Urban Slums, Monrovia, CA : MARC pp. 17-24, 77-84
  2. Baker, Ken (2002) “The Incarnational Model: Perception of Deception?” Evangelical Missions Quarterly, January 2002 pp. 16-24

Mission

  1. Mission as Transformation, Oxford : Regnum pp.11-25
  2. 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

  1. A History of World Societies, Fifth Edition, Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company pp. 1118-1141
  2. Gugler, Josef, ed. (1996) The Urban Transformation of the Developing World, Oxford : Oxford University Press pp. 1-14

Health

  1. Faith in Development edited by D. Belshaw, R. Calderisi and C. Sugden, Oxford: Regnum pp.131-141
  2. Rowland, Stan (1995) “Christian Witness through Community Health” from Transforming Health, Eric Ram editor, Monrovia, CA : MARC pp.215-233

Property

  1. DeSoto, Hernando. (2000) The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else  New York : Basic Books pp. 15-37
  2. 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

  1. "The Sex Trafficking of Children in San Diego ” from El Universal Mexico City, January 9, 2003. Translated by Chuck Goolsby.
  2. 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

  1. Florence, Italy : Innocenti Research Centre pp. 8-14
  2. Anderson, Jeff (2001) Restoring Children of the Streets: A Guide for Mobilizing and Equipping God’s People Around the World, Moutlake Terrace, WA : Action International Ministries pp. 12-18

Justice

  1. Haugen, Gary (1999) Good News About Injustice, Downers Grove : InterVarsity Press
  2. Grigg, Viv (1990) Companion to the Poor: Christ in the Urban Slums, Monrovia, CA : MARC pp. 161-188

SOCIAL

Community Development

  1. Transforming Power: Biblical Strategies for Making a Difference in your Community, Downers Grove : InterVarsity Press pp. 148-161
  2. Myers, Bryant (1999) Walking with the Poor, New York, NY : Orbis Books, Maryknoll pp. 137-150

Economics

  1. Faith in Development edited by D. Belshaw, R. Calderisi and C. Sugden, Oxford : Regnum pp.165-179
  2. Prahalad, C.K. and Allen Hammond (2002) “Serving the World’s Poor Profitably” Harvard Business Review, Boston, pp. 48-56

Ethnicity

  1. Ethnic Conflict in World Politics, San Francisco : Westview Press pp. 1-26
  2. Gornik, Mark (2002) To Live in Peace: Biblical Faith and the Changing Inner City, Grand Rapids : Eerdmans pp.35-50

ENVIRONMENTAL

Water and Sanitation

  1. A Sourcebook for Poverty Reduction Strategies edited by Jeni Klugman, Washington DC : The World Bank pp. 373-379
  2. 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

  1. The Nine Lives of Population Control, edited by Michael Cromartie, Washington DC : Ethics and Public Policy Center. pp.102-127
  2. 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

  1. Third World City : The New Urban Geography of Southeast Asia ” from Urban Studies, Vol. 35, No. 12, pp. 2309-2321
  2. Goetz, Edward (2003) Clearing the Way: Deconcentrating the Poor in Urban America Washington DC : Urban Institute Press (chapter 1)

 

 

 
 

 
 

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