De Gruchy, Steve M.Chagunda, Chance Arisitaliko.2010-08-272010-08-2720022002http://hdl.handle.net/10413/722Thesis (M.Th.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2002This research centres on the church's involvement in human development and poverty alleviation programmes. This thesis acknowledges that many Third World nations received political freedom from Western colonialists, but many of these countries failed to successfully exploit the political freedom to improve economic growth and human development. Poverty is therefore one of the major problems facing people in Third World countries.enPoverty--Religious Aspects--Christianity.Poverty--Economic Aspects--South Africa.Poverty--Economic Aspects--India.Church Work With The Poor--South Africa.Church Work With The Poor--India.Economic Development--Religious Aspects--Christianity.Theses--Theology.Thesis