Confronting injustice without compromising truth : 12 questions Christians should ask about social justice /
Williams, Thaddeus J.,
Confronting injustice without compromising truth : 12 questions Christians should ask about social justice / [print] Thaddeus J. Williams ; with the voices of Suresh Budhaprithi, Eddie Byun, Freddy Cardoza, Becket Cook, Bella Danusiar, Monique Duson, Michelle Lee-Barnewall, Ojo Okoye, Edwin Ramirez, Samuel Sey, Neil Shenvi, and Walt Sobchak ; foreword by John M. Perkins. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan Academic, (c)2020. - xix, 261 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographies and index.
Part 1: Jehovah or Jezebel? Three questions about social justice and worship -- The God question: Does our vision of social justice take seriously the godhood of God? -- Eddie's story -- The Imago question: Does our vision of social justice acknowledge the image of God in everyone, regardless of size, shade, sex, or status? -- Walt's story -- The idolatry question: Does our vision of social justice make a false god out of the self, the state, or social acceptance? -- Becket's story -- PART 2: Unity or uproar? Three questions about social justice and community -- The collective question: Does our vision of social justice take any group-identity more seriously than our identities "in Adam" and "in Christ"? -- Edwin's story -- The splintering question: Does our vision of social justice embrace divisive propaganda? -- Suresh's story -- The fruit question: Does our vision of social justice replace love, peace, and patience with suspicion, division, and rage? -- Michelle's story -- PART 3: Sinners or systems? Three questions about social justice and salvation -- The disparity question: Does our vision of social justice prefer damning stories to undamning facts? -- Samuel's story -- The color question: does our vision of social justice promote racial strife? -- Monique's story -- The Gospel question: Does our vision of social justice distort the best new in history? -- Ojo's story -- PART 4: Truth or tribes thinking? Three questions about social justice and knowledge -- The tunnel vision question: Does our vision of social justice make one way of seeing something the only way of seeing everything? -- Neil's story -- The suffering question: Does our vision of social justice turn the "lived experience" of hurting people into more pain? -- Bella's story -- The standpoint question: Does our vision of social justice turn the quest for truth into an identity game? -- Freddy's story -- Epilogue: 12 differences between social justice A and B.
"Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth looks beyond the divides of the left and right to discover how a Christian worldview speaks truth, hope, and unity into the most polarizing social justice controversies of our day. It presents a compelling vision of justice that offers hopeful answers to life's biggest questions"--
9780310119487
2020037890
Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christianity and justice.
BR115.W727.C664 2020
Confronting injustice without compromising truth : 12 questions Christians should ask about social justice / [print] Thaddeus J. Williams ; with the voices of Suresh Budhaprithi, Eddie Byun, Freddy Cardoza, Becket Cook, Bella Danusiar, Monique Duson, Michelle Lee-Barnewall, Ojo Okoye, Edwin Ramirez, Samuel Sey, Neil Shenvi, and Walt Sobchak ; foreword by John M. Perkins. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan Academic, (c)2020. - xix, 261 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographies and index.
Part 1: Jehovah or Jezebel? Three questions about social justice and worship -- The God question: Does our vision of social justice take seriously the godhood of God? -- Eddie's story -- The Imago question: Does our vision of social justice acknowledge the image of God in everyone, regardless of size, shade, sex, or status? -- Walt's story -- The idolatry question: Does our vision of social justice make a false god out of the self, the state, or social acceptance? -- Becket's story -- PART 2: Unity or uproar? Three questions about social justice and community -- The collective question: Does our vision of social justice take any group-identity more seriously than our identities "in Adam" and "in Christ"? -- Edwin's story -- The splintering question: Does our vision of social justice embrace divisive propaganda? -- Suresh's story -- The fruit question: Does our vision of social justice replace love, peace, and patience with suspicion, division, and rage? -- Michelle's story -- PART 3: Sinners or systems? Three questions about social justice and salvation -- The disparity question: Does our vision of social justice prefer damning stories to undamning facts? -- Samuel's story -- The color question: does our vision of social justice promote racial strife? -- Monique's story -- The Gospel question: Does our vision of social justice distort the best new in history? -- Ojo's story -- PART 4: Truth or tribes thinking? Three questions about social justice and knowledge -- The tunnel vision question: Does our vision of social justice make one way of seeing something the only way of seeing everything? -- Neil's story -- The suffering question: Does our vision of social justice turn the "lived experience" of hurting people into more pain? -- Bella's story -- The standpoint question: Does our vision of social justice turn the quest for truth into an identity game? -- Freddy's story -- Epilogue: 12 differences between social justice A and B.
"Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth looks beyond the divides of the left and right to discover how a Christian worldview speaks truth, hope, and unity into the most polarizing social justice controversies of our day. It presents a compelling vision of justice that offers hopeful answers to life's biggest questions"--
9780310119487
2020037890
Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christianity and justice.
BR115.W727.C664 2020