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The article reports on the poverty and social problems of Christian community and the steps to be taken for reducing the poverty and other social problems.

The article discusses why climate change is church-made through their tendency to read the bible with an anthropocentric interpretation. Topics include what the church uses can become a disaster for others in remote areas, the role of crisis in bringing the church new connections with each other, and the importance of going barefoot to understand the surroundings especially those the church is not used to seeing.

Miroslav Volf's A Public Faith invites religious traditions, especially Christianity, to bring their best elements into the public square in a spirit of hospitality and engagement for the common good. With regard to Christianity, he claims that one of the best elements we can offer the public square is a complexly relational vision of the human person made to love self, others, God. In this essay Dávila proposes that the preferential option for the poor is a particular expression of this anthropological vision of Christianity that is well poised for public engagement based on humility and care for the most vulnerable members of society. Following Volf's proposal, the option for the poor functions as a paradigm for imaginative and creative engagement in the public square that might help people of faith navigate seemingly intractable political and cultural disagreements in the public square. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Looks at the history of the Christian Church's vision of the poor and poverty. Involvement of the church in both the alleviation and creation of the poverty problem; Paternalistic attitudes of the medieval church toward the poor; Exploration of the relationship of theology to poverty during the Reformation era; Church's exemplary heritage of concern for justice and charity.

The article expresses the author's experiences as Church and Community Development Worker with the Church of Scotland in Musselburgh, East Lothian. The author cites his involvement in providing social services to local community in the area and his participation in developing the Musselburgh Area Plan seeking improving on townspeople quality of life. He also cites the organizations support on local society and human services.