The tragedy of American compassion

The tragedy of American compassion /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Olasky, Marvin N.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wheaton, Ill. : Crossway Books, c2008.
Subjects:
Homelessness > United States > History.
Social work with the homeless > United States > History.
Charities > United States > History.
Caring > History.
Table of Contents:
  • The current impasse
  • The early American model of compassion
  • Turning cities into countryside
  • First challenge to the charity
  • The social Darwinist threat
  • Proving social Darwinism wrong
  • The seven marks of compassion
  • And why not do more?
  • Excitement of a new century
  • Selling new deals, old wineskins
  • Revolution-- and its heartbreak
  • Questions of the 1970s and the 1980s
  • Putting compassion into practice
  • Applying history.

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