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Christian justice and public policy

This book argues that Christian theology, although it can no longer claim to provide a comprehensive theory of justice, can provide insights into justice which give illumination, challenge some aspects of the conventional wisdom, and contribute to the building of just communities.
Print Book, English, 1997
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 1997
xiv, 274 pages ; 23 cm.
9780521554312, 9780521556118, 0521554314, 0521556112
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