Journey toward justice :personal encounters in the global south /Nicholas P. Wolterstorff.
Description
Part 1. Awakening. Two awakening experiences -- An evening in Amman -- Questions about starting from the wronged -- One difference that starting from the wronged made -- Another difference that starting from the wronged made -- Part 2. Justice and rights. Opposition to rights-talk -- What are rights? -- Rights grounded in worth -- Why rights-talk is important -- Is rights-talk for expressing possessive individualism? -- Part 3. Justice in scripture. Natural rights in three Church Fathers -- Justice in the Old Testament -- On the claim that justice is supplanted in the New Testament -- Justice in the New Testament -- On English translations of the New Testament -- More about justice in the New Testament -- Justice and love -- Justice, love, and shalom -- Does scripture imply a right order conception of justice? -- Part 4. Righting injustice. Human rights -- Six days in South Africa -- Art in the struggle to right injustice -- On the blocking of empathy and the hardening of hearts -- The structure of social justice movements -- Part 5. Just punishment. A visit to Honduras -- St. Paul's rejection of retributive punishment -- What Paul said about the task and authority of the state -- Justice, forgiveness, and punishment -- Part 6. Beauty, hope, and justice. Justice and beauty -- Hope -- Recap.
xiv, 253 pages ;22 cm.
Book Details
Author
Wolterstorff, Nicholas.
Place Published
City
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Publication Subjects
Christianity and justice.
Christianity--21st century.
Christianity.--fast--(OCoLC)fst00859599
Christianity and justice.--fast--(OCoLC)fst00859674
Call No.
BR115 .J8 W647 2013
ISBN
9780801048456, 0801048451
LCCN
2013017836
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Carrier type: volumerdacarrier
Media type: unmediatedrdamedia
Date: [2013]