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Bible and justice : ancient texts, modern challenges / edited by Matthew J.M. Coomber.

Contributor(s): Coomber, Matthew J. M
Material type: TextTextSeries: Bible world (London, England): Publisher: Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub., 2011Description: x, 247 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781845535278 (pb); 1845535278Subject(s): Justice -- Biblical teaching -- Congresses | Religion and justiceDDC classification: 220.8/303372 LOC classification: BS680.J8 | B54 2011Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
On the genesis of the alliance between the Bible and rights / Yvonne Sherwood -- Rough justice? / Philip Davies -- Is the belief in human rights either biblical or useful? / John Sandys-Wunsch -- Jesus : the justice of God / Stanley Hauerwas -- Justice and violence in the priestly utopia / Walter J. Houston -- A signs source : approaching deaf biblical interpretation / Louise J. Lawrence -- From a reconstruction and development programme (RDP) of the economy to the RDP of the soul : public realm biblical appropriation in postcolonial South Africa / Gerald West -- The Old Testament and the environment / J.W. Rogerson -- Ecojustice in the Bible? : Pauline contributions to an ecological theology / David G. Horrell -- Can the Book of Revelation be a gospel for the environment? / Simon P. Woodman -- The kindness of strangers : Biblical hospitality and the polictics of intervention / Diana Lipton -- Prophets to profits : ancient Judah and corporate globalization / Matthew J.M. Coomber.

Selected papers from the Conference on Bible and Justice , held at the University iof Sheffield, May 29 to June 1, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

On the genesis of the alliance between the Bible and rights / Yvonne Sherwood -- Rough justice? / Philip Davies -- Is the belief in human rights either biblical or useful? / John Sandys-Wunsch -- Jesus : the justice of God / Stanley Hauerwas -- Justice and violence in the priestly utopia / Walter J. Houston -- A signs source : approaching deaf biblical interpretation / Louise J. Lawrence -- From a reconstruction and development programme (RDP) of the economy to the RDP of the soul : public realm biblical appropriation in postcolonial South Africa / Gerald West -- The Old Testament and the environment / J.W. Rogerson -- Ecojustice in the Bible? : Pauline contributions to an ecological theology / David G. Horrell -- Can the Book of Revelation be a gospel for the environment? / Simon P. Woodman -- The kindness of strangers : Biblical hospitality and the polictics of intervention / Diana Lipton -- Prophets to profits : ancient Judah and corporate globalization / Matthew J.M. Coomber.

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