Jayakumar Christian > Quotes

“The clash between the individual gospel and the social gospel leaves me cold. An individual gospel is a soul without a body, and a social gospel without an individual gospel is a body without a soul. One is a ghost and the other is a corpse. Put the two together and you have a living person.66”
― Jayakumar Christian, God of the Empty-Handed: Poverty, Power and the Kingdom of God

“Powerlessness is the captivity of the poor within god-complexes created by the non-poor, built into structures and systems, shaped by the spiritual interiority within the power cluster.”
― Jayakumar Christian, God of the Empty-Handed: Poverty, Power and the Kingdom of God

“Poverty is not about numbers. It is about inequality, and specifically about inequality in power relationships. It is about a minority, ‘less numerous, [who] performs all political functions, monopolizes power and enjoys the advantages that power brings.’15”
― Jayakumar Christian, God of the Empty-Handed: Poverty, Power and the Kingdom of God

“poverty itself is sin. ‘Poverty that results from injustice and exploitation is the most visible and striking sign of the sin of the world.’70”
― Jayakumar Christian, God of the Empty-Handed: Poverty, Power and the Kingdom of God

“Powerlessness is a spiritual disease, the scars of which can be seen on the will and identity of the poor. Principalities and powers play a crucial role in intensifying the powerlessness imposed by society on the poor by reinforcing the oppression and internalising it within poor communities and cultures.”
― Jayakumar Christian, God of the Empty-Handed: Poverty, Power and the Kingdom of God

“Poverty mars the identity of the poor and hurts the soul of all involved.”
― Jayakumar Christian, God of the Empty-Handed: Poverty, Power and the Kingdom of God