Lutherans Discuss Issue of Poverty From a Religious and Moral Perspective

Many of us who are concerned about poverty come at the issue from a deeply religious or moral perspective.

All of the major religions of the world have some aspect that speaks to the issues of compassion for the less fortunate.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America in its current issue of the Journal of Lutheran Ethics devotes the entire issue to poverty.

Here is one example:

"One billion human beings are hungry today. One billion people do not have enough to eat. The number alone is staggering. But what makes it scandalous is the fact that God’s abundant creation — the fertile earth and seas — can produce adequate nutrition for all. Scarcity is not the problem."

The full series of articles on poverty can be found at:

www.elca.org/What-We-Believe/Social-Issues/Journal-of-Lutheran-Ethics.aspx