Biblical Ethics and Social Change

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20002138
AutoresStephen Charles Mott (autor de correspondencia), Stephen Mott
Año2011
Páginas240
Fecha de publicación2011-08-25
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaBiblical ethics and social change (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199739370.001.0001
OpenAlexW620041613
Open LibraryOL28386973M
ISBN9780199739370
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13

This synthesis of biblical studies and Christian social ethics is designed to provide a biblical argument for intentional institutional change on behalf of social justice. This book provides a biblical and ethical guide on ways to implement that change. The first part of the book, providing the biblical theology of intentional social change, deals with the central concepts in biblical and theological ethics: grace, evil, love, justice, and the Reign of God. Christian social change must be rooted not only in justice, but in the grace received through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The second part evaluates ethical and theological methods for carrying out that intentional social change. It offers a study of evangelism, counter community, civil disobedience, armed revolution, and political reform. It shows the contribution of each as well as the strong limitations of each used in isolation. A recurring theme of the book is the scriptural insistence on the priority of justice as taking upon oneself the cause of the oppressed. Justice is understood on bringing back into the community those who are near to falling out of it. Political authority has a vital role in social change for justice. It is essential that a Christian uses all available and legitimate means of meeting basic needs by providing for all what is essential for inclusion in society. This revised edition updates the contemporary illustrations and includes the author's own further reflections in the last thirty years on this topic

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