David Beckmann

"Widespread hunger is no longer necessary. Wars and tyrants will always cause
some to go without, but we already have the ideas, experience, financing and
technology to put nearly all hunger behind us - if we have the will to do it.
Twenty-five years after the launching of Bread for the World, the nation's
pre-eminent citizens' lobby on hunger, its president (David Beckmann) along
with its founder (Arthur Simon), tell us what they've learned in
question-and-answer format and with stories that give the statistics human
faces.
Every time we give thanks, every time we say grace at a meal, we are reminded
that our daily bread is a gift from God - and is a gift to share. Here is a
book that shows us God's heart and how we can help to end hunger in God's
world." --back cover… (altro)

Every fifteen minutes a jumbo jet filled with children crashes, leaving no survivors. The jet is actually hunger, but the haunting image is real--33,000 children dead each day. What is even more haunting is that the deaths are unnecessary because the world has long had the technology and experience to end hunger. Its persistence is a challenge to the integrity of everyone who claims the name Christian.

This primer on the causes and cures of hunger is written by Bread for the World's founding president Arthur Simon and current president David Beckmann. Never oversimplifying, the book shows how issues such as population, resources, economics, and human rights are interwoven in their impact on hunger. The book gives compelling biblical motivation for personal action and public policy--and explains practical strategies individuals can take to help effect worldwide change.

Using a question-and-answer format for clear reading, stories and examples for personalization, and graphics and sidebars for eye-appeal, this is an important book for all Christians. It's of special interest to Bread for the World members, social justice workers, parish social-action committees, grassroots activists, historians, political scientists, and anyone concerned with the poor.… (altro)

NCLA Review -Exodus From Hunger is a significant, hopeful book by the president of Bread for the World, the world’s largest Christian anti-hunger organization. Rev. Dr. David Beckmann believes we can end world hunger in our lifetime primarily through political advocacy of faith communities. He states “it is impossible to food-bank our way to the end of hunger.” Funding from our U.S. government for relief programs and development projects has reduced hunger and poverty in the past and will do so again when we change the politics of hunger. He uses stories of success such as a small church group who simply wrote letters urging Congressional decision makers to end hunger, resulting in a major global aid reform bill. Citing over a hundred references from Exodus, Beckman argues that God is moving today to bring people out of hunger just as he brought the Hebrews out of slavery. A free study guide is available online. I highly recommend this important book for all church libraries. It will inspire our faith communities to allow God to use them through political activism to reduce hunger and poverty at home and abroad. Rating: 4 —BM… (altro)