Ron Lieber writes in the NYTimes, April 30, about alternative computations of the amount to give to charity. He reports the methods in the Bible and in the Koran. He quotes Brent Kessel who wrote “It’s Not About Money” , and Peter Singer who wrote “The Life You Can Save.” He quotes letters from Gerard Manley Hopkins, a Jesuit priest, to Robert Bridges, both 19th century poets, in which the priest suggests that his friend give alms to the point of personal inconvenience if he wanted to become familiar with the nature of Christian belief. Lieber concludes with a call for more readily available payroll deductions such as the United Way facilitates.
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