Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert, When Helping Hurts: Alleviating Poverty Without Hurting the Poor... and Yourself, Chicago, IL: Moody Publishers, 2009
빈곤과 그 해결을 위한 노력을 여러 측면에서 다각적으로 볼 수 있어야 한다. 기본적인 이해는 창조-타락-구속의 성경적 세계관에 뿌리를 둔다.
When a sick person goes to the doctor, the doctor could make two crucial mistakes: (1) Treating symptoms instead of the underlying illness; (2) Misdiagnosing the underlying illness and prescribing the wrong medicine. Either one of these mistakes will result in the patient not getting better and possibly getting worse. The same is true when we work with poor people. If we treat only the symptoms or if we misdiagnose the underlying problem, we will not improve their situation. (54)
We root our understanding of poverty and its alleviation in the Bible’s grand narrative: creation, the fall, and redemption. (56)
The four key relationships (God, self, others, rest of creation) highlight the fact that human beings are multifaceted, implying that poverty-alleviation efforts should be multifaceted as well… If we remember that humans are spiritual, social, psychological, and physical beings, our poverty – alleviation efforts will be more holistic in their design and execution. (60)
1. 창조: 그리스도께서 이미 일하고 계심을 겸손히 볼 수 있어야 한다
We are not brining Christ to poor communities. He has been active in these communities since the creation of the word, sustaining them “by his powerful word” (Heb. 1:3). Hence, a significant part of working in poor communities involves discovering and appreciating what God has been doing there for a long time! This should give us a sense of humility and awe as we enter poor communities, for part of what we see there reflects the very hand of God…. So part of our task may include introducing the community to who God is and to helping them to appreciate all that He has been doing for them since the creation of the world. (60)
2. 타락: 빈곤이란 죄로 인한 우리의 깨어짐이다
…the effects of the fall are manifested in the economic, social, religious, and political systems that humans have created throughout history. (61)
Myers’s description of the fundamental nature of poverty: “Poverty is the result of relationships that do not work, that are not just, that are not for life, that are not harmonious or enjoyable. Poverty is the absence of shalom in all its meanings.” (62)
Bryant L. Myers, Walking with the Poor: Principles and Practices of Transformational Development Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1999
Who are the poor? … We are all broken, just in different ways. (64)
3. 빈곤의 해결을 위한 노력에서 먼저 우리 자신의 깨어짐을 인정해야 한다
One of the major premises of this book is that until we embrace our mutual brokenness, our work with low-income people is likely to do far more harm than good…. Instead of seeing themselves as being created in the image of God, low-income people often feel they are inferior to others. This can paralyze the poor from taking initiative and from seizing opportunities to improve their situation, thereby locking them into material poverty. (64)
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