Church, State and Public Justice: Five Views (Spectrum Multiview Books)
Overview
Abortion. Physician-assisted suicide. Same-sex marriages. Embryonic stem-cell research. Poverty. Crime. What is a faithful Christian response?
The God of the Bible is unquestionably a God of justice. Yet Christians have had their differences as to how human government and the church should bring about a just social order. Although Christians share many deep and significant theological convictions, differences that threaten to divide them have often surrounded the matter of how the church collectively and Christians individually ought to engage the public square.
What is the mission of the church? What is the purpose of human government? How ought they to be related to each other? How should social injustice be redressed? The five noted contributors to this volume answer these questions from within their distinctive Christian theological traditions, as well as responding to the other four positions. Through the presentations and ensuing dialog we come to see more clearly what the differences are, where their positions overlap and why they diverge.
Top Highlights
“outlines the principled pluralist position of the neo-Kuyperian tradition. Ronald J. Sider” (Page 13)
“Finally, the introduction will attempt to place the discussion over church, state and public justice in its contemporary context.” (Page 15)
“‘to sanctify the national culture and convert the world to Christian principles.’” (Page 16)
“represents the evangelical Anabaptist perspective. Clarke E. Cochran” (Page 13)
“author. Yet the exact meanings of those key ideas often get amplified in ways that are very different.” (Page 14)
- Title: Church, State and Public Justice: Five Views
- Author: P. C. Kemeny
- Series: Spectrum Multiview Books
- Publisher: IVP Academic
- Print Publication Date: 2007
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Church and state › United States; Christianity and justice › United States
- ISBNs: 9780830874743, 9780830827961, 0830874747, 083082796X
- Resource ID: LLS:CHRCHSTTPBLJSTC
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:38:17Z