Ptoxocracy

"The call of the church is ptoxocracy, either as a witness and practitioner or as its ideal standard-bearer in the world."To have a meaningful stake in the lives of the poor, argues M. C. Lohrmann, would change the ways in which governance of all types--national or local municipalities, denominations, religious judicatories, and non-profit boards--determines its focus. Lohrmann defines ptoxocracy (derived from the Greek ptoxoi, the poorest of the poor) as "governance by the materially poor; a hy