The Resource The tragedy of American compassion, Marvin Olasky ; preface by Charles Murray
The tragedy of American compassion, Marvin Olasky ; preface by Charles Murray
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- "Can a man be content with a piece of bread and some change tossed his way from a passerby?" "Today's modern welfare state expects he can. Those who control the money in our society think that giving a dollar at the train station and then appropriating a billion dollars for federal housing can cure the ails of the homeless and the poor." "But the crisis of the modern welfare state is more than a crisis of government. Private charities that dispense aid indiscriminately while ignoring the moral and spiritual needs of the poor are also to blame. Like animals in the zoo at feeding time, the needy are given a plate of food but rarely receive the love and time that only a person can give." "Poverty fighters 100 years ago were more compassionate--in the literal meaning of "suffering with"--than many of us are now. They opened their own homes to deserted women and children. They offered employment to nomadic men who had abandoned hope and human contact. Most significantly, they made moral demands on recipients of aid. They saw family, work, freedom, and faith as central to our being, not as life-style options. No one was allowed to eat and run." "Some kind of honest labor was required of those who needed food or a place to sleep in return. Woodyards next to homeless shelters were as common in the 1890's as liquor stores are in the 1990's. When an able bodied woman sought relief, she was given a seat in the "sewing room" and asked to work on garments given to the helpless poor." "To begin where poverty fighters a century ago began, Marvin Olasky emphasizes seven ideas that recent welfare practice has put aside: affiliation, bonding, categorization, discernment, employment, freedom, and most importantly, belief in God. In the end, not much will be accomplished without a spiritual revival that transforms the everyday advice we give and receive, and the way we lead our lives."
- "It's time we realized that there is only so much that public policy can do. That only a richness of spirit can battle a poverty of soul. The century-old question--does any given scheme of help...make great demands on men to give themselves to their brethren?--is still the right one to ask. Most of our 20th-century schemes have failed. It's time to learn from the warm hearts and hard heads of the 19th-century."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xvii, 299 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Preface
- Charles Murray
- Introduction: The Current Impasse
- The Early American Model of Compassion
- Turning Cities into Countryside
- First Challenge to the Charity Consensus
- The Social Darwinist Threat
- Proving Social Darwinism Wrong
- Isbn
- 9780895265234
- Label
- The tragedy of American compassion
- Title
- The tragedy of American compassion
- Statement of responsibility
- Marvin Olasky ; preface by Charles Murray
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "Can a man be content with a piece of bread and some change tossed his way from a passerby?" "Today's modern welfare state expects he can. Those who control the money in our society think that giving a dollar at the train station and then appropriating a billion dollars for federal housing can cure the ails of the homeless and the poor." "But the crisis of the modern welfare state is more than a crisis of government. Private charities that dispense aid indiscriminately while ignoring the moral and spiritual needs of the poor are also to blame. Like animals in the zoo at feeding time, the needy are given a plate of food but rarely receive the love and time that only a person can give." "Poverty fighters 100 years ago were more compassionate--in the literal meaning of "suffering with"--than many of us are now. They opened their own homes to deserted women and children. They offered employment to nomadic men who had abandoned hope and human contact. Most significantly, they made moral demands on recipients of aid. They saw family, work, freedom, and faith as central to our being, not as life-style options. No one was allowed to eat and run." "Some kind of honest labor was required of those who needed food or a place to sleep in return. Woodyards next to homeless shelters were as common in the 1890's as liquor stores are in the 1990's. When an able bodied woman sought relief, she was given a seat in the "sewing room" and asked to work on garments given to the helpless poor." "To begin where poverty fighters a century ago began, Marvin Olasky emphasizes seven ideas that recent welfare practice has put aside: affiliation, bonding, categorization, discernment, employment, freedom, and most importantly, belief in God. In the end, not much will be accomplished without a spiritual revival that transforms the everyday advice we give and receive, and the way we lead our lives."
- "It's time we realized that there is only so much that public policy can do. That only a richness of spirit can battle a poverty of soul. The century-old question--does any given scheme of help...make great demands on men to give themselves to their brethren?--is still the right one to ask. Most of our 20th-century schemes have failed. It's time to learn from the warm hearts and hard heads of the 19th-century."--BOOK JACKET
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- DLC
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- Olasky, Marvin N
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Charities
- Public welfare
- Social work administration
- Label
- The tragedy of American compassion, Marvin Olasky ; preface by Charles Murray
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-290) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- 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
- Preface
- Charles Murray
- Introduction: The Current Impasse
- The Early American Model of Compassion
- Turning Cities into Countryside
- First Challenge to the Charity Consensus
- The Social Darwinist Threat
- Proving Social Darwinism Wrong
- Control code
- 25008718
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xvii, 299 pages
- Isbn
- 9780895265234
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 91044544
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1449794
- Label
- The tragedy of American compassion, Marvin Olasky ; preface by Charles Murray
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-290) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 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
- Preface
- Charles Murray
- Introduction: The Current Impasse
- The Early American Model of Compassion
- Turning Cities into Countryside
- First Challenge to the Charity Consensus
- The Social Darwinist Threat
- Proving Social Darwinism Wrong
- Control code
- 25008718
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xvii, 299 pages
- Isbn
- 9780895265234
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 91044544
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1449794
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