{"product_id":"toxic-charity-robert-d-lupton-9780062076212","title":"Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (and How to Reverse It)","description":"Veteran urban activist Robert Lupton reveals the shockingly toxic effects that modern charity has upon the very people meant to benefit from it. Toxic Charity provides proven new models for charitable groups who want to help--not sabotage--those whom they desire to serve. Lupton, the founder of FCS Urban Ministries (Focused Community Strategies) in Atlanta, the voice of the \u003cem\u003eUrban Perspectives \u003c\/em\u003enewsletter, and the author of \u003cem\u003eCompassion, Justice and the Christian Life\u003c\/em\u003e, has been at the forefront of urban ministry activism for forty years. Now, in the vein of Jeffrey Sachs's \u003cem\u003eThe End of Poverty\u003c\/em\u003e, Richard Stearns's \u003cem\u003eThe Hole in Our Gospel\u003c\/em\u003e, and Gregory Boyle's \u003cem\u003eTattoos on the Heart\u003c\/em\u003e, his groundbreaking\u003cem\u003e Toxic Charity \u003c\/em\u003eshows us how to start serving needy and impoverished members of our communities in a way that will lead to lasting, real-world change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert D. Lupton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062076213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062076212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperOne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Robert D. Lupton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050130174207,"sku":"9780062076212","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b1ed9d4a-3a2d-4590-a91a-9948fbc370cd.jpg?v=1685005398","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/toxic-charity-robert-d-lupton-9780062076212","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}