Isabelle Hamley is Theological Adviser to the House of Bishops and was formerly Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury. She has long been concerned with questions of justice, mercy and restoration, having been a probation officer before ordination and ministering subsequently amidst the diversity of parish life. Her books include The Bible and Mental Health (2020), which she edited with Christopher C. H. Cook, and Unspeakable Things Spoken (2019). Embracing Justice is her first Lent book.

__'In a world where justice is too often about power, Isabelle Hamley shows that God's justice brings transformation, healing and hope for all.' JUSTIN WELBY__

What is justice? It's a question we encounter everywhere in life and that over the last years has increasingly demanded an answer.

In Embracing Justice, Isabelle Hamley invites us on an exhilarating journey through Scripture to discover how we, as churches, communities and individual Christians, can seek and practice justice even when enmeshed in such a fractured world.

Full of practical encouragement, the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book for 2022 brilliantly weaves together biblical texts, diverse voices, contemporary stories, and personal and group meditations to reveal liberating and imaginative ways in which me may grow in discipleship – and more fully reflect the justice, mercy and compassion of Christ in our lives.

With six chapters to take you from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, this Lent devotional for 2022 is essential reading for anyone interested in the issues of justice – from climate and economic justice to gender and racial equality – that are increasingly at the forefront of global consciousness, and the role that Christians and the Church must play in them.

Suitable for use both as a single study for individuals and for small groups to prepare for Easter, Embracing Justice will encourage, inform and motivate anyone looking for Christian books about justice. It will help you understand justice from a biblical perspective, and inspire you to seek it in every aspect of your life.

Although the world is broken, unequal and violent, the call to reflect God's own justice and mercy continues to sound like a steady drumbeat, impossible to ignore. Company with Isabelle Hamley this Lent, and discover that we can all join God's mission of transformation and embrace his justice.

Embracing Justice, the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book for 2022 asks: What might a spirituality shaped by biblical portrayals of justice look like for the church of the 21st century?

At last, an authoritative and comprehensive study of the connection between faith and mental health which doesn't shy away from making helpful practical applications. I commend it very warmly indeed.

Full of insight, intellectually robust, and consistently honest about the fragile spaces we inhabit, its authors explore from multiple angles how God can be present within frailty, not beyond it.

A wonderful analysis . . . balanced, incisive and readable. I hope the author writes more - both about Irigaray and scripture.

Superb study. A deeply challenging and richly argued analysis of a difficult text of scripture. It makes a strong argument for how and why this text should not be avoided.

'A comprehensive and plain-speaking call for social justice in all its forms . . . deserves a wide audience . . . salutary and valuable.'

Foreword by the Archbishop of Canterbury ixAcknowledgements xii  
Approaching justice 1

__1 Paradise lost: In search of original justice 5__  
Justice in creation: Genesis 1-2 5  
When good goes bad: Genesis 3 14  
In search of original justice 27

__2 From bondage to freedom: Exodus and liberation stories 37__  
Exodus 1: Inequality, injustice and violence 39  
God's response: Hearing, seeing, acting 44  
Transforming people 53  
Exodus as a prophetic book 64

__3 Building communities of justice: Legal systems and community justice 78__  
The laws of the Old Testament 84  
The marks of a just community 96  
Living in a broken world 106  
When justice fails 113

4 __Justice and incarnation: Restoring the image of God 120__  
The centrality of the Incarnation 121  
Learning to see 129  
Seeing the big picture 136  
Pursuing justice in the refugee camps of Lebanon 140  
Humanizing the other 144

__5 Justice in the shape of a cross 149__  
Justice in the ministry of Jesus 150  
A radical reconfiguration of power 158  
The cross as the unexpected embodiment of justice 163  
Justice, resurrection and ascension 173

__6 'Do this to remember me': Holy Communion and the reshaping of the imagination 179__  
Discerning the body 183  
The practice of truth-telling 187  
Take, eat, this is my body 193  
What now? 199  
Bibliography 201

Isabelle Hamley

Approaching justice

1 Paradise lost: In search of original justice

Justice in creation: Genesis 1—2

When good goes bad: Genesis 3

In search of original justice

2 From bondage to freedom: Exodus and liberation stories

Exodus 1: Inequality, injustice and violence

God's response: Hearing, seeing, acting

Transforming people

Exodus as a prophetic book

3 Building communities of justice: Legal systems and community justice

The laws of the Old Testament

The marks of a just community

Living in a broken world

When justice fails

4 Justice and incarnation: Restoring the image of God

The centrality of the Incarnation

Learning to see

Seeing the big picture

Pursuing justice in the refugee camps of Lebanon

Humanizing the other

5 Justice in the shape of a cross

Justice in the ministry of Jesus

A radical reconfiguration of power

The cross as the unexpected embodiment of justice

Justice, resurrection and ascension

6 ‘Do this to remember me’: Holy Communion and the reshaping of the imagination

Discerning the body

The practice of truth-telling

Take, eat, this is my body

What now?

Bibliography

__‘In a world where justice is too often about power, Isabelle Hamley shows that God’s justice brings transformation, healing and hope for all.’ JUSTIN WELBY__

What is justice? It’s a question we encounter everywhere in life and that over the last years has increasingly demanded an answer.

In Embracing Justice, Isabelle Hamley invites us on an exhilarating journey through Scripture to discover how we, as churches, communities and individual Christians, can seek and practice justice even when enmeshed in such a fractured world.

Full of practical encouragement, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent Book for 2022 brilliantly weaves together biblical texts, diverse voices, contemporary stories, and personal and group meditations to reveal liberating and imaginative ways in which me may grow in discipleship – and more fully reflect the justice, mercy and compassion of Christ in our lives.

With six chapters to take you from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, this Lent devotional for 2022 is essential reading for anyone interested in the issues of justice – from climate and economic justice to gender and racial equality – that are increasingly at the forefront of global consciousness, and the role that Christians and the Church must play in them.

Suitable for use both as a single study for individuals and for small groups to prepare for Easter, Embracing Justice will encourage, inform and motivate anyone looking for Christian books about justice. It will help you understand justice from a biblical perspective, and inspire you to seek it in every aspect of your life.

Although the world is broken, unequal and violent, the call to reflect God’s own justice and mercy continues to sound like a steady drumbeat, impossible to ignore. Company with Isabelle Hamley this Lent, and discover that we can all join God’s mission of transformation and embrace his justice.

\["For individual reading and group use","A former Archbishop of Canterbury book - Take a journey to the very heart of justice this Lent.","Take a Lent-long journey to the heart of justice"\]

At last, an authoritative and comprehensive study of the connection between faith and mental health which doesn’t shy away from making helpful practical applications. I commend it very warmly indeed.

__- Bishop James Newcome on ‘The Bible and Mental Health’ edited by Isabelle Hamley and Christopher C H Cook__

Full of insight, intellectually robust, and consistently honest about the fragile spaces we inhabit, its authors explore from multiple angles how God can be present within frailty, not beyond it.

__- The Revd Dr Alison J Gray, FRCPsych on ‘The Bible and Mental Health’ edited by Isabelle Hamley and Christopher C H Cook__

Full of insight, intellectually robust, and consistently honest about the fragile spaces we inhabit, its authors explore from multiple angles how God can be present within frailty, not beyond it.

__- John M.G. Barclay FBA on ‘The Bible and Mental Health’ edited by Isabelle Hamley and Christopher C H Cook__

A wonderful analysis . . . balanced, incisive and readable. I hope the author writes more - both about Irigaray and scripture.

__- Amazon review of ‘Unspeakable Things Unspoken: An Irigarayan Reading of Otherness and Victimization in Judges’__

Superb study. A deeply challenging and richly argued analysis of a difficult text of scripture. It makes a strong argument for how and why this text should not be avoided.

__- Amazon review of ‘Unspeakable Things Unspoken: An Irigarayan Reading of Otherness and Victimization in Judges’__

Take a journey to the very heart of justice this lent with Embracing Justice, the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book for 2022.

__Isabelle Hamley__ is Theological Adviser to the House of Bishops and was formerly Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury. She has long been concerned with questions of justice, mercy and restoration, having been a probation officer before ordination and ministering subsequently amidst the diversity of parish life. Her books include The Bible and Mental Health (2020), which she edited with Christopher C. H. Cook, and Unspeakable Things Spoken (2019). Embracing Justice is her first Lent book.

Colin Fry

Does the book include questions for group discussion?

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Judith Oldroyd

A very well researched and writte N book. Packed full of good material. Well presented for a modern audience. I think the problem when using it as part of the Lent Study will be what to include and what to leave out……..nevertheless very thought provoking.

A pertinent title that says what the book is about

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