Christian Justice and Public PolicyCambridge University Press, 28/08/1997 - 274 páginas Disagreements about justice are not simply academic matters. They create problems for practice and for policy-making. In a morally fragmented society in which 'nobody knows what justice is' issues such as wages policy, punishment and poverty become particularly difficult to handle. People striving to act justly are often uncertain how this might be done. Secular theories such as those of Rowls, Hayek, Habermas and modern feminist theorists, examined here, give some guidance for problems of justice that arise on the ground, but have serious limitations. This book argues that Christian theology, although it can no longer claim to provide a comprehensive theory of justice, can provide insights into justice - 'theological fragments' - which give illumination, challenge some aspects of the conventional wisdom, and contribute to the building of just communities in which people may flourish in mutuality and hope. |
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... present in areas of political tension . Religion and ideology form a mixture which can be of interest to the observer , but which is in practice dangerous and explosive . Our information about such matters comes for the most part from ...
... present in areas of political tension . Religion and ideology form a mixture which can be of interest to the observer , but which is in practice dangerous and explosive . Our information about such matters comes for the most part from ...
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... present volume explores the possibility that theology might have , even in a pluralist , secular society , a constructive and questioning contribution to make both to the theoretical discussions which undergird policy and to policy ...
... present volume explores the possibility that theology might have , even in a pluralist , secular society , a constructive and questioning contribution to make both to the theoretical discussions which undergird policy and to policy ...
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... present it . People of integrity and intelli- gence who watch American TV evangelists , for instance , and derive from this their understanding of the Christian faith must find it impossible to regard religion and theology as serious ...
... present it . People of integrity and intelli- gence who watch American TV evangelists , for instance , and derive from this their understanding of the Christian faith must find it impossible to regard religion and theology as serious ...
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... present situation . And I am not convinced by attempts in the recent or more distant past to derive a comprehensive theory of justice from the Bible or the theological corpus . Rather I see theology's task as to offer ' fragments ...
... present situation . And I am not convinced by attempts in the recent or more distant past to derive a comprehensive theory of justice from the Bible or the theological corpus . Rather I see theology's task as to offer ' fragments ...
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... present serving as Director of Research in the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission . 3 Donald W. Shriver , An Ethic for Enemies : Forgiveness in Politics . New York : Oxford University Press , 1995 , p . 6 . the truth must ...
... present serving as Director of Research in the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission . 3 Donald W. Shriver , An Ethic for Enemies : Forgiveness in Politics . New York : Oxford University Press , 1995 , p . 6 . the truth must ...
Índice
Theology and Public yesterday and today | 9 |
Nobody knows what justice is the problem of justice in a morally fragmented society | 38 |
POLICIES AND PRACTICES | 61 |
Punishment and prisons | 63 |
Poverty | 86 |
THEORIES AND THEOLOGIES | 111 |
Fairness is not enough | 113 |
Justice and the market | 140 |
THEOLOGICAL FRAGMENTS | 193 |
Lively and truthful survivals? | 195 |
Love justice and justification | 205 |
Justice and community | 230 |
The hope of justice | 246 |
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Página vii - He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?