Justice Project (emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)

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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.

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• Philosophie et théologie

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• Publié par: Baker Publishing Group
• Date de parution: 01 septembre 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781441210951
• Langue: English

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THE JUSTICE PROJECT
EDITED BY
B RIAN M C L AREN , E LISA P ADILLA , AND A SHLEY B UNTING S EEBER
2009 by Brian McLaren, Elisa Padilla, and Ashley Bunting Seeber
Published by Baker Books a division of Baker Publishing Group P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287 www.bakerbooks.com
Printed in the United States of America
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The justice project / edited by Brian D. McLaren, Elisa Padilla, and Ashley Bunting Seeber. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-8010-1328-7 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Christianity and justice. 2. Postmodernism-Religious aspects-Christianity. 3. Emerging church movement. I. McLaren, Brian D., 1956- II. Padilla, Elisa. III. Seeber, Ashley Bunting. BR115.J8J877 2009 261.8-dc22 2009016214
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Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
mersion is a partnership between Baker Books and Emergent Village, a growing, generative friendship among missional Christians seeking to love our world in the Spirit of Jesus Christ. The mersion line is intended for professional and lay leaders like you who are meeting the challenges of a changing culture with vision and hope for the future. These books will encourage you and your community to live into God s kingdom here and now.
The Justice Project is the second community call in the emersion line. The first was An Emergent Manifest of Hope . These books are written not with a single voice but in concert with many voices. Some topics simply require the contribution of many, and this book is intended to be just that-a collective expression of the need for and possibility of justice.
But more importantly it is an invitation-an invitation for you and your community to join the project with your own ideas and gifts. This book comes from a community of activists, thinkers, practioners, and dreamers. And, as the emersion line has always done, it is meant encourage, instruct, and, more importantly, invite individuals and communities to join in the hopes, dreams, and aspirations God has for our world.
Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
An Emergent Manifesto of Hope edited by Doug Pagitt and Tony Jones
Organic Community Joseph R. Myers Signs of Emergence Kester Brewin Justice in the Burbs Will and Lisa Samson Intuitive Leadership Tim Keel The Great Emergence Phyllis Tickle Make Poverty Personal Ash Barker Free for All Tim Conder and Daniel Rhodes
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CONTENTS
Foreword by Jim Wallis
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Conversation about Justice
Brian D. McLaren
What Is Justice?
Brian D. McLaren
God s Call to Do Justice
C. Ren Padilla
Section One: The God of Justice
1. God s Justice: A Biblical View
Sarah Dylan Breuer
2. Just Son: What Does Jesus Message of the Kingdom Have to Do with Justice?
Adam Taylor
3. The Holy Spirit of Justice
Peter Goodwin Heltzel
4. A Tradition of Justice: Snapshots of the Church Pursuing Justice Across the Major Periods of Church History
Jenell Williams Paris
5. (De)constructing Justice: What Does the Postmodern Turn Contribute to the Christian Passion for Justice?
Tony Jones
Section Two: The Book of Justice
6. Reading the Bible Unjustly: How Has the American Church Read the Bible Unjustly?
Richard Twiss
7. Just Torah: No Justice, No Peace-The Heresy of the World Ignored
J. Shawn Landres
8. Prophets of Justice: How Can We Read the Prophetic Books in Their Socio-Political Context?
Jeremy Del Rio
9. Justice in the Gospels: What Does the Good News of the Kingdom of God Have to Do With Justice?
Suba Priya Rabindran
10. Reading the Epistles for Justice: How Would Early Christians Have Understood Justice as Written about by the Apostles?
Sylvia C. Keesmaat
Section Three: Justice in the U.S.A.
11. My Name Is Legion, for We Are Many: Exorcism as Racial Justice
Anthony Smith
12. Just Land: What Are the Key Justice Issues for Native Peoples in the U.S.?
Randy Woodley
13. Just Elections: What Is the Most Pressing Voter Issue Facing Our Democracy Today?
Bart Campolo
14. Just Liberals: What Are the Strengths and Weaknesses of Liberal Politics in Light of Biblical Justice?
Heather Kirk-Davidoff
15. Just Conservatives: What Are the Strengths and Weaknesses of Conservative Politics in Light of Biblical Justice?
Joseph Myers
16. Just Family Values: How Can Christians Advocate Justice for Non-traditional Families?
Peggy Campolo
17. A More Excellent Way: A Prophetic Word on Borders
Gabriel Salguero
Section Four: A Just World
18. Just Perspectives: How Can We Become Just Global Citizens?
Ashley Bunting Seeber
19. Just Wealth: How Is the Poverty of the Poor in the Global South a Matter of Justice for the Rich in the Global North?
Dar o L pez
20. The Business of Justice
Pamela Wilhelms
21. Just Ecology: What Demands of Justice Does the Planet Make upon Followers of Christ?
Lyndsay Moseley
22. Just Religion: Why Should We De-colonize God s Name?
Samir Selmanovic
23. Just Cities: What Does the Call to Justice Mean for Life in Our Cities?
Chad R. Abbott
24. Justice in the Slums: Urban Poverty as a Monument to Injustice
Jorge Tas n
25. Just Suburbs: What Does the Call of Justice Mean for Life in Our Suburbs?
Will and Lisa Samson
26. Just Countryside: How Can Justice From the Roots Up Affect Life in Rural Areas?
Sarah Ferry
Section Five: A Just Church
27. The Power of Ordinary: How Are Evangelicals in the U.S Awakening to Social Justice Issues?
Shauna Niequist
28. More than Just Us : Justice in African American Churches in a Post-Civil Rights Era
Alise Barrymore
29. Suffering for Justice: How Can We Anticipate and Pay the Price of Seeking Justice?
Annemie Bosch
30. Planting Churches in Justice
Roy Soto
31. Parenting for Justice: How Can Parents Instill the Value of Justice in Their Children?
Ruth Padilla DeBorst
32. Just Trade: Commerce That Brings Justice to the Poor and Meaning to the Rich
Nathan George and Lynne Hybels
Conclusions
33. Just Hope: What Good Can Come from Our Frustration and Anger at Injustice?
Doug Pagitt
34. Just Beginning: What Are Some Good First Steps in Seeking Justice-for Both Individuals and Faith Communities?
Tomas and Dee Yaccino
35. A Justice Emergency: Will Justice Become Central to the Emergent Conversation?
Elisa Padilla
Notes
FOREWORD
In ominous red and black, an April 2009 cover of Newsweek carried the headline The Decline and Fall of Christian America. The magazine s cover story by editor Jon Meacham provoked a wide array of reactions from across the spectrum, from dismay to jubilation. This is not the first time the demise of Christianity and religion in general has been predicted. In 1966, a Time magazine cover asked Is God Dead? and the writers for that issue certainly did not foresee the developments in American public life over the past forty years.
This volume, and the authors it brings together, point not to a decline and fall of Christianity in America but a shift that is reshaping and renewing both the church and its role in the public square. These new kind of Christians are not as easily identified, quantified, or labeled as Christians have been in the past. But their commitment to the mission of the Gospel and the vision of Christ in this world is transforming everything from coffee shops to churches, neighborhoods, and cities. The conversation the authors of this book engage in get to the root of the two greatest hungers in our country and our world today: the hunger for spiritual fulfillment and the hunger for social justice.
We are in the midst of a profound religious shift in this country, the reverberations of which are being felt throughout our society.
This shift is a religious shift, a cultural and racial shift, a generational shift, and a political shift. The leadership and perspective of new and different voices-African-American, Latino, and Asian Christians-along with a new generation of the faithful in white America are participating in a new conversation. The breadth, depth and effectiveness of this shift have been so pervasive and effective that even those who had avoided its reality and some of the difficult questions it raises are now feeling the pull of its vision.
As I read through the pages of this book, what inspires me and gives me great hope is to recognize all of the leaders, voices, and communities that are wrestling with the questio