Service, The Path To Justice

Service, the Path to Justice is a timely antidote to cynicism and despair in a world of growing inequality and injustice. The authors argue that serving
others is the basis for human survival because only through service to others will injustice be eradicated and peace prevail. Redekop and Beitzel focus on the concept of voluntary service-public participation motivated
by the value of loving one's neighbour as oneself-as morally worthy social action in which the doer and the recipient of the action benefit equally. This approach to social action counteracts the inequality and injustice inherent in society's structures. The development and practice of self giving in Mennonite, Brethren, and Quaker denominations is analyzed, bringing sociological, ethical, and applied perspectives to the examination. The practice of voluntary service is immediately available to everyone, and the win-win benefits flowing from this approach to social action promote sustained public participation for social action. This is an enlightening and
optimistic view of the power of an individual to bring kindness, fairness, and peace to the world.

Calvin Redekop, Ph.D., University of Chicago. Professor Emeritus, Conrad Grebel College/University Waterloo; founding editor, MEDA
Marketplace.

Terry Beitzel, Ph.D., Professor of Justice Studies at James Madison University, Director of the Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence, and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal on Responsibility.

Calvin Redekop, Ph.D., is a retired professor of social sciences and the author of numerous books. A widower, he has three sons and lives in Harrisonburg, VA, where he is active in several local businesses.

Terry Beitzel, Ph.D., is professor of Justice Studies at James Madison University, Director of the Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence, and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal on Responsibility.

Both authors have extensive personal experience with the practice of voluntary justice.