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By Walter J. Houston

What does the Bible need to say approximately justice, and what relevance has this for individuals, fairly Christians, this present day? 'Justice: The Biblical problem' deals readers a balanced overview of the biblical therapy of justice and what we would research from this. The e-book opens with a quick review of the differing social contexts which formed how humans thought of justice in biblical occasions. The examples of justice are grouped lower than 3 key narratives: the tale of construction (justice as cosmic order), the tale of the Exodus (justice as faithfulness), and the tale of Israel (justice as a neighborhood of equals). the tale of Jesus in Mark is then tested as exemplifying all 3 narratives. The e-book then applies those biblical tales to the realm we are living in now, utilizing an leading edge 'justice audit' which makes use of the 3 biblical narratives of justice as yardsticks. The e-book concludes with an exploration of the way readers may perhaps practice the information raised within the ebook to operating for justice.

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