1st Edition
Catholic Missionaries and Their Work with the Poor Mitigating Market-Government Failure in Emerging Nations
Prolegomena 1 Missionary Healthcare Services and their Outreach to the Ultra-Poor 2 Missionary Educational Initiatives for Children and Youth at-Risk 3 Missionary Social Services and their Positive Externalities for Development 4 Missionaries’ "Last-Mile" Comparative Advantages 5 Summary and Evaluation
Biography
Albino Barrera is Professor of Economics and Theology at Providence College, USA. His research mainly focusses on moral theology, economic ethics, and the intersection of development economics and religion, and he has published multiple books and journal articles on these subjects. These include, Biblical Economic Ethics (2013) and Market Complicity and Christian Ethics (2011).
"[A]n important study . . . where until now there has been a lack of systematic research. . . . [S]urely all programs for cross-cultural missioners . . . could make use of this pioneering study. More generally, this volume should make the reading lists of courses in socio-economic development at institutes of higher education."
Mission Studies 37(2020), p. 312-313
"Well-constructed and clearly written, this study opens up new dimensions of documentation and analysis, which . . . could be extended to the action of other churches as well as non-Christian religious organizations."
Nouvelle Revue Théologique 141:4 (2019), p. 665
