The Justice Project (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)
Justice and the call for change are in the air. Whether it's
extreme poverty, human rights, racism, or the Middle East, news
outlets bombard us with stories about the need for justice in the
world. But how are Christians to respond to these stories and the
conditions to which they refer?
Here's help. Editors Brian McLaren, Elisa Padilla, and Ashley
Bunting Seeber have amassed a collection of over 30 brief chapters
by some of the most penetrating thinkers in the justice
conversation, including René Padilla, Peggy Campolo, Will and Lisa
Samson, Sylvia Keesmaat, Bart Campolo, Lynne Hybels, Tony Jones,
and Richard Twiss. Divided into sections, "God of Justice," "Book
of Justice," "Justice in the USA," "Just World," and "Just Church,"
The Justice Project invites readers to deepen their understanding
of the pressures our world faces and to take up the challenge of
alleviating them. Never has the world been in greater need of
Christians who "do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God."
This resource will help them do just that.
From the Back Cover
Never has the world been in greater need of Christians who
"do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God."
Justice and the call for change are in the air. Whether it's
extreme poverty, human rights, racism, or the Middle East, news
outlets bombard us with stories about the need for justice in the
world. How are Christians to respond? The Justice Project
invites you to deepen your understanding of the pressures our world
faces and to take up the challenge of alleviating them.
"Put together by exemplary leaders, this will be a handbook for any
who are committed to working for biblically based social justice.
It's comprehensive and brilliantly well written."--Tony
Campolo
"Absolutely dazzling. Here is a choir for social justice that makes
the prophets smile. The editors have conducted a symphony of
voices, harmonizing without homogenizing. You may find some voices
here a little high pitched or unfamiliar, but together they are
magical. These authors are not just the 'usual suspects' of the
religious left, but signs of a movement that is coloring outside
the lines of partisan politics and stale debates in a
post-religious right world. They insist that our faith must be as
daring and sassy, as gentle and fascinating, as our lover,
Jesus."--Shane Claiborne
Product Details
- Title : The Justice Project (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)
- Authors:
- McLaren, Brian
- Padilla, Elisa
- Bunting Seeber, Ashley
- Publisher: Baker
- Publication Date: 2009
- ISBN: 9781441210951
Brian McLaren is internationally known as an author, speaker,
pastor, and networker among innovative Christian leaders, thinkers,
and activists. He is the author of over ten highly acclaimed books
on contemporary Christianity, including the A New Kind of Christian
trilogy, A Generous Orthodoxy, and The Secret Message of
Jesus. He lives in Maryland.
Elisa Padilla is executive director for the Kairos Foundation.
Kairos works through publishing, theological education, community
ministries, and the Kairos Retreat Center to encourage disciples of
Jesus Christ to live out their faith in every area of life. Elisa
and her family live in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Ashley Bunting Seeber is a graduate student pursuing an MA in the
Bible and Postcolonial Studies at the University of Sheffield in
the UK. She and her husband live in Geneva, Switzerland, and are
members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Geneva.