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The poverty of most Asian countries, and the alarming extremes of social and economic inequality to be found in them, derive from and are maintained … - George Soares-Prabhu
" "The poverty of most Asian countries, and the alarming extremes of social and economic inequality to be found in them, derive from and are maintained by their stagnant social and religious institutions (like the caste-system in India), which as popularly understood and practised, are often "a tremendous force of social inertia". But it would be unfair and unrealistic to stop here. For Asia's underdevelopment is at least equally the result of induced socioeconomic processes.
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About George Soares-Prabhu
George M. Soares-Prabhu (1929-11-17 - 1995-07-22) is a well-known Biblical scholar, exegete, liberation theologian and Jesuit priest from India. Four volumes of the collected works of Prof George Soares-Prabhu have been published and the quotes are from these volumes.
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“Poverty in India is not just an economic category, it is a religious value as well. Caste, even in its most degrading form of untouchability, is legitimized by India’s dominant religion and tolerated by others, Christianity included!” (Soares-Prabhu, “Interpreting the Bible in India Today,” CWG 4, 6.)
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