Justice in an Unjust World: Foundations for a Christian Approach to Justice

by Karen Lebacqz

Overview

Have we heard the cry for justice that rises from humanity suffering from varieties of injustice: economic, sexual, political, cultural, verbal? Or, what is more, have Christians on occasion, knowingly or unknowingly, acquiesced in - or even contributed to - injustice?

By means of powerful and dramatic use of biblical images and models, Dr. Lebacqz sets before us the justice of God and God's call for us to heed the cry of the suffering and to work for justice in an unjust world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780806623009
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	11/06/1987
Edition description:	ANN
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Karen Lebacqz is professor emerita of the Pacific School of Religion, and former core doctoral faculty of the Graduate Theological Union. Karen's life-long commitment to issues of social justice has taken shape in three primary areas: professional ethics, bioethics, and ethical theory. Her publications include more than six books, among them Six Theories of Justice, Justice in An Unjust World, Sex in the Parish, and Ethics and Spiritual Care. Her dozens of essays in bioethics, feminist ethics, and sexual ethics have been published in scientific journals, church magazines, and international contexts. In 2019 she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Christian Ethics.

Table of Contents

Preface     7
Jeopardy
Rupture: The Reign of Injustice     10
Rue: Christian Complicity     38
Ruminations: On Ethical Method in an Unjust World     51
Justice
Righteousness: Injustice and God     70
Resistance: Injustice and the Oppressed     86
Redress: Injustice and the Oppressor     103
Jubilee
Reclamation: Justice in an Unjust World     122
Renovation: From Injustice to Justice     136
Ramifications: Implications for a Theory of Justice     148
Notes     161
Index     189