Bible and justice: ancient texts, modern challenges

by Coomber, Matthew J. M.

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

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Equinox Pub
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

Notes

Selection of papers delivered at the Conference on Bible and Justice held at the University of Sheffield in 2008.

The Physical Object

Description:x, 247 pages ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781845535278, 1845535278, 9781845535261, 184553526X
oclc:ocn605015741
LC Classification:BS680.J8
Dewey Decimal:220.8/303372

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 politics of intervention / Diana Lipton -- Prophets to profits : ancient Judah and corporate globalization / Matthew J.M. Coomber.