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    Little Book of Biblical Justice: A Fresh Approach To The Bible's Teachings On Justice
    Little Book of Biblical Justice: A Fresh Approach To The Bible's Teachings On Justice
    Little Book of Biblical Justice: A Fresh Approach To The Bible's Teachings On Justice
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    Little Book of Biblical Justice: A Fresh Approach To The Bible's Teachings On Justice

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    Chris Marshall writes, "the Bible has had a profound impact on the development of Western culture. So exploring biblical perspectives on justice can help us appreciate some of the convictions and values that have helped shape Western political and judicial thought.”

    Christians also regard the Bible as a uniquely important source of guidance on matters of belief and practice. What the Bible has to say about justice, therefore—both social justice and criminal justice—ought to be of great significance for Christian thought and action today. Yet coming to grips with biblical teaching on justice is by no means easy. Chapters here include:
    • What is Justice
    • Justice in the Biblical Worldview
    • He Contours of Biblical Justice
    • Jesus and Justice

    Upfront, Marshall addresses the many complexities that surround "justice" in the Bible: the Bible seems to hold conflicting points of view; there is a huge amount of data to deal with; the world of the Bible and our present world are vastly different. Marshall's honest treatment of this subject is direct, yet almost lyrical in tone. He manages a thorny, multi-faceted subject clearly and ultimately singles out the broad areas of theological agreement among the Bible's writers. Highly stimulating. Highly inspirational.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Books
    Release dateNov 1, 2005
    ISBN9781680992465
    Little Book of Biblical Justice: A Fresh Approach To The Bible's Teachings On Justice
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    Chris Marshall

    Chris Marshall is the author of hundreds of woodworking and home improvement magazine articles, as well as several books, including Craftsman Furniture Projects, Black & Decker Carpentry & Home Series, and many others. He has been the Senior Editor at Woodworker’s Journal Magazine for more than a decade and is also well-known in the woodworking industry as a key content creator for Woodworker's Journal videos on their YouTube channel. A renowned woodworker, instructor, product reviewer and writer, he currently lives with his family in Virginia where his woodworking shop window overlooks the Blue Ridge Mountains.  

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      Little Book of Biblical Justice - Chris Marshall

      Cover Page of Little Book of Biblical JusticeHalf Title of Little Book of Biblical Justice

      Published titles include:

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      The Little Book of Biblical Justice, by Chris Marshall

      Forthcoming titles or topics include:

      El Pequeño Libro De Justicia Restaurativa, by Howard Zehr

      The Little Books of Justice & Peacebuilding present, in highly accessible form, key concepts and practices from the fields of restorative justice, conflict transformation, and peacebuilding. Written by leaders in these fields, they are designed for practitioners, students, and anyone interested in justice, peace, and conflict resolution.

      The Little Books of Justice & Peacebuilding series is a cooperative effort between the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding of Eastern Mennonite University (Howard Zehr, Series General Editor) and publisher Good Books (Phyllis Pellman Good, Senior Editor).

      Title Page of Little Book of Biblical Justice

      For

      Alan and Eleanor Kreider,

      who continue to inspire.

      (Romans 14:18)

      All biblical citations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Cover photograph by Howard Zehr.

      Design by Dawn J. Ranck

      THE LITTLE BOOK OF BIBLICAL JUSTICE

      Copyright © 2005 by Good Books, Intercourse, PA 17534

      International Standard Book Number: 1-56148-505-5

      Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2005029815

      All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America.

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner, except for

      brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, without permission.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Marshall, Christopher D.

      The little book of biblical justice : a fresh approach to the Bible’s teachings on justice / Chris Marshall.

      p. cm.

      ISBN 1-56148-505-5 (pbk.)

      1. Justice--Biblical teaching. I. Title.

      BS680.J8M37 2005

      Table of Contents

      1.   What is Justice?

      The Justice Paradox

      Key Conceptual Components

      The Bible’s Contribution

      2.   Justice in the Biblical Worldview

      A Central Theme

      A Complex of Related Ideas

      • Shalom

      • Covenant

      • Torah

      • Deed-Consequence

      • Atonement-Forgiveness

      Summary

      3.   The Contours of Biblical Justice

      An Attribute of God

      An Emulation of God

      An Object of Hope

      A Primary Obligation

      A Commitment to Action

      A Relational Reality

      A Partiality for the Disadvantaged

      A Restorative Activity

      Summary

      4.   Jesus and Justice

      A Mission of Justice

      A Kingdom Not of This World?

      A Twofold Strategy

      1 A Rejection of Social Discrimination

      2 A Critique of Economic Injustice

      3 A Mistrust of Institutional Power

      4 A Repudiation of War and Violence

      Death and Resurrection

      Summary

      Appendix: Summary of Key Points

      Scripture Index

      Selected Readings

      About the Author

      1.

      What is Justice?

      The purpose of this Little Book is to identify some characteristic features of the Bible’s teaching on justice. Christians regard the Bible as a uniquely important source of guidance on matters of belief and practice. What the Bible has to say about justice therefore—both social justice and criminal justice—ought to be of great significance for Christian thought and action today.

      The Bible also has had a profound impact on the development of Western culture in general. So exploring biblical perspectives on justice can help us appreciate some of the convictions and values that have helped shape Western political and judicial thought in general.

      Yet coming to grips with biblical teaching on justice is by no means easy. There are many complexities to cope with.

      •   There is a huge amount of data to deal with. There are hundreds of texts in the Old and New Testaments which speak explicitly about justice, and hundreds more which refer to it implicitly. Justice is in fact one of the most frequently recurring topics in the Bible.

      •   The data is also diverse. Different biblical writers address different historical circumstances, and they sometimes take different positions on what justice entails (especially with respect to criminal justice). In this Little Book we will concentrate on broad areas of theological agreement among the writers. But we do well to remember that, especially on issues of justice, the difficulty is always in the detail.

      •   We also always need to remember that biblical reflection on justice takes place within a larger cultural and religious worldview that is, in many respects, quite unlike that of contemporary secular society. Understanding the justice dimension of biblical teaching requires us to cross over into a different world from our own, and this is never an easy thing to do.

      Added to these factors are the complexities that surround the concept of justice itself. What actually is justice? Does justice have an objective existence, or is it simply the product of social agreement? Is there an unchanging essence to justice—such as fairness or equality or balance—or does it mean different things to different people in different settings? Where does justice come from? How is justice known? How should it be defined? What is the relationship between justice, love, and mercy?

      These are all very difficult questions which we cannot explore in any detail here. But even without traversing the difficult

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