“In the Bible poverty is a scandalous condition inimical to human dignity and therefore contrary to the will of God.” HumansPovertyConditionsDignityContraryGods WillHuman DignityScandalous Book:A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation Source: A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation
“Our values are defined by what we will tolerate when it is done to others. Everyone's sense of virtue is degraded by the present reality. A revolutionary principle is embedded in the global economic system, awaiting broader recognition: Human dignity is indivisible. Across the distances of culture and nations, across vast gulfs of wealth and poverty, even the least among us are entitled to dignity, and no justification exists or brutalizing them in the pursuit of commerce.” HumansDoneRealityValuesCultureNationsWealthPrinciplesPovertyVirtueEconomicDignityDistancePursuitDefinedRecognitionRevolutionaryJustificationTolerateCommerceEntitledEmbeddedHuman DignityEconomic SystemsIndivisibleWealth And Poverty Author:William Greider
“It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to strip them of human dignity, to reduce them to objects of pity. This has never been clearer than in the view of Africa from the American media, in which we are shown poverty and conflicts without any context.” PeopleHumansEasyPoorViewsPovertyMediaObjectsConflictDignityPityAgencyLackingPoor PeopleBadassHuman DignityPersonal DignityAmerican Media Author:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie