01287nam a2200157Ia 4500008004100000020002900041041000800070050002100078100002300099245010600122260005300228300003100281505070800312650008401020700002501104240426s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a97808010097920801009790   aeng  aHN28 b.B35 1990  aBalswick, Jack O.  0aSocial Problems : bA Christian Understanding and Response /cJack O. Balswick and J. Kenneth Morland  aGrand Rapids, Mich. : bBaker Book House, c1990  a357 p. : bill. ; c23 cm.  aPart 1: Introduction: Social problems, sociological analysis, and Christianity -- 1. A definition of social problems -- 2. Sociological analysis -- 3. Christianity and social problems -- Part 2: Analyses of selected social problems -- 4. Crime and juvenile delinquency -- 5. Racial discrimination and prejudice -- 6. Alienation and the crisis of modernity -- 7. Redefinition of gender roles -- 8. Family instability -- 9. Alcoholism and problem drinking -- 10. The use of illegal drugs -- 11. Environmental quality -- 12. Poverty in the United States -- 13. Poverty and world hunger -- 14. Maintaining peace in a nuclear age -- Part 3: Conclusion -- 15. Paths to Christian social involvement and change.  aSocial problems.Christian sociology.Church and social problems—United States.  aMorland, J. Kenneth