The Justice Project - Hardcover

Brian McLaren; Elisa Padilla; Ashley Bunting Seeber

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801013283 ISBN 13: 9780801013287

Publisher: Baker Books, 2009

Synopsis

Justice and the call for change are in the air. Whether it's extreme poverty, human rights, racism, or the Middle East, news outlets bombard us with stories about the need for justice in the world. But how are Christians to respond to these stories and the conditions to which they refer?Here's help. Editors Brian McLaren, Elisa Padilla, and Ashley Bunting Seeber have amassed a collection of over 30 brief chapters by some of the most penetrating thinkers in the justice conversation, including René Padilla, Peggy Campolo, Will and Lisa Samson, Sylvia Keesmaat, Bart Campolo, Lynne Hybels, Tony Jones, and Richard Twiss. Divided into sections, "God of Justice," "Book of Justice," "Justice in the USA," "Just World," and "Just Church," The Justice Project invites readers to deepen their understanding of the pressures our world faces and to take up the challenge of alleviating them. Never has the world been in greater need of Christians who "do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly wit

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From the Back Cover

Never has the world been in greater need of Christians who "do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God."

Justice and the call for change are in the air. Whether it's extreme poverty, human rights, racism, or the Middle East, news outlets bombard us with stories about the need for justice in the world. How are Christians to respond? The Justice Project invites you to deepen your understanding of the pressures our world faces and to take up the challenge of alleviating them.
"Put together by exemplary leaders, this will be a handbook for any who are committed to working for biblically based social justice. It's comprehensive and brilliantly well written."--Tony Campolo

"Absolutely dazzling. Here is a choir for social justice that makes the prophets smile. The editors have conducted a symphony of voices, harmonizing without homogenizing. You may find some voices here a little high pitched or unfamiliar, but together they are magical. These authors are not just the 'usual suspects' of the religious left, but signs of a movement that is coloring outside the lines of partisan politics and stale debates in a post-religious right world. They insist that our faith must be as daring and sassy, as gentle and fascinating, as our lover, Jesus."--Shane Claiborne

From the Inside Flap

This collection of challenging and inspiring essays contains more than thirty brief chapters by some of the most penetrating thinkers in the justice conversation, including:
· René Padilla
· Peggy Campolo
· Will and Lisa Samson
· Sylvia Keesmaat
· Bart Campolo
· Lynne Hybels
· Tony Jones
· Richard Twiss
· and many more
If you're concerned about the state of our world and want to be part of the solution to the pressing problems we face, The Justice Project is your catalyst for positive change.

Edition details

• Publisher: Baker Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0801013283
• ISBN 13: 9780801013287
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288