A Christian Justice for the Common Good
Ebook
Overview
Do Christians bring a unique, scriptural understanding of social justice
to bear on the ills of society? Would such an understanding reshape the
way Christians engage and partner with others working to create a more
just world?
Much of the modern conversation around creating
justice focuses on ideas that too often reduce justice to human rights,
procedural justice, and even the consumerism of the contemporary
culture/economy. While the priorities of human rights and due process
are necessary for fashioning a just world, the Christian understanding
of the common good is much richer and calls the church beyond fairness
to forms of liberation, compassion, mercy, and peace that are even more
radical than the best notions of justice that characterize the
nation-state at the beginning of the 21st century.
A Christian Justice for the Common Good describes
a Christian justice for the common good and what it looks like on the
ground in real world settings. Calling Christians (individuals, as well
as communities of faith) to a concrete version of social well-being
befitting faithful life in Jesus and God’s vision of justice for the
world, Tex Sample drills deeper and identifies the skills that must be
cultivated to do justice work with others—work that will create a
lasting impact while extending a Christian vision for the common good.
The
conclusion? The freedom God offers in Christ finds its place in
concrete Christian efforts and the graced wherewithal of people who work
generously with one another for a new and just life together.
Contents include:
1. The Reduction of Justice to Human Rights
2. A Christian Justice
3. The Formation of a Just Church
4. Skills of Justice
5. Doing Justice with Others
6. A Justice of the Common Good
Christians bring a unique, scriptural understanding of social justice to bear on the ills of society.
Describes in an accessible way the role of justice in the Christian experience through storytelling and thoughtful prose.
Shows the impact of a Christian understanding of justice on change efforts in the church with the communities beyond its walls.
Demonstrates (using stories and specific examples) some of the skills and competencies that must be cultivated for successful Christian justice partnerships in settings that take seriously the authentic lives of the people involved in this work.
Readers will understand how justice functions in a Christian perspective on social change.
Readers will see that a Christian notion of social justice thinks righteousness, mercy, reconciliation, and peace work as key to faithful living in the real-life zones where freedom’s struggle occurs (white lower middle class folks’ zip codes as well as inner city urban reality).
Readers will be empowered to create forms of ministry that nurture Christian identity and belonging.
Product Details
- Title : A Christian Justice for the Common Good
- Author: Sample, Tex
- Publisher: Abingdon Press
- Publication Date: 2016
- ISBN: 9781501814273