__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

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.

This collection of challenging and inspiring essays contains more than thirty 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  
• Richard Twiss  
• and many more  
If you're concerned about the state of our world and want to be part of the solution to the pressing problems we face, The Justice Project is your catalyst for positive change.

Brian McLaren is internationally known as an author, speaker, and networker among innovative Christian leaders, thinkers, and activists. He is the author of more than ten highly acclaimed books on contemporary Christian faith, including the A New Kind of Christian trilogy, A Generous Orthodoxy, Everything Must Change, 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.

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.

This collection of chapters from recognized leaders invites readers to deepen their understanding of the pressures our world faces and to take up the challenge of alleviating them.

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Foreword

Acknowledgments 

Introduction: A Conversation about Justice 

What is Justice?

God’s Call to do Justice 

Section One: The God of Justice

1. God's Justice: A Biblical View

2. Just Son: What Does Jesus' Message of the Kingdom Have to do with Justice?

3. The Holy Spirit of Justice

4. A Tradition of Justice: Snapshots of the Church Pursuing Justice Across the Major Periods of Church History

5. (De)constructing Justice: What does the Postmodern Turn Contribute to the Christian Passion for Justice?

Section Two: The Book of Justice 

6. Reading the Bible Unjustly: How has the American Church Read the Bible Unjustly?

7. Just Torah: No Justice, No Peace—The Heresy of the World Ignored

8. Prophets of Justice: How Can We Read the Prophetic Books in their Socio-Political Context?

9. Justice in the Gospels: What does the Good News of the Kingdom of God have to do With Justice?

10. Reading the Epistles for Justice: How Would Early Christians Have Understood Justice as Written about by the Apostles?

Section Three: Justice in the U.S.A.

11. My Name Is Legion, for We are Many: Exorcism as Racial Justice

12. Just Land: What are the Key Justice Issues for Native Peoples in the U.S.?

13. Just Elections: What is the Most Pressing Voter Issue Facing Our Democracy Today?

14. Just Liberals: What are the Strengths and Weaknesses of Liberal Politics in Light of Biblical Justice?

15. Just Conservatives: What are the Strengths and Weaknesses of Conservative Politics in Light of Biblical Justice?

16. Just Family Values: How Can Christians Advocate Justice for Non-traditional Families?

17. A More Excellent Way: A Prophetic Word on Borders

Section Four: A Just World

18. Just Perspectives: How Can We Become Just Global Citizens?

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?

20. The Business of Justice

21. Just Ecology: What Demands of Justice does the Planet Make upon Followers of Christ?

22. Just Religion: Why Should We De-colonize God's Name?

23. Just Cities: What does the Call to Justice Mean for Life in Our Cities?

24. Justice in the Slums: Urban Poverty as a Monument to Injustice

25. Just Suburbs: What does the Call of Justice Mean for Life in Our Suburbs?

26. Just Countryside: How Can Justice "From the Roots Up" Affect Life in Rural Areas?

Section Five: A Just Church

27. The Power of Ordinary: How are Evangelicals in the U.SA wakening to Social Justice Issues?

28. More than "Just Us": Justice in African American Churches in a Post–Civil Rights Era

29. Suffering for Justice: How Can We Anticipate and Pay the Price of Seeking Justice?

30. Planting Churches in Justice

31. Parenting for Justice: How Can Parents Instill the Value of Justice in their Children?

32. Just Trade: Commerce That Brings Justice to the Poor and Meaning to the Rich

33. Just Hope: What Good Can Come from Our Frustration and Anger at Injustice?

34. Just Beginning: What are Some Good First Steps in Seeking Justice—for Both Individuals and Faith Communities?

35. A Justice Emergency: Will Justice Become Central to the Emergent Conversation?

Notes 

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.

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? This title invites readers to deepen their understanding of the pressures our world faces and to take up the challenge of alleviating them.

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 Rene 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.

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.

Eden Customer

The Justice Project is not a book for someone wanting 'justice-lite', but it is a book for those of us who feel we've heard it all before and need some deeper stimulation. It would be hard, and somewhat unfair, to choose a highlight as there are so many good chapters, but the piece on 'Suffering for Justice' by Annemie Bosch was superb and immensely challenging. This book is the most interesting thing on social justice that I have read for a long time, but more than that, it was humbling, provoking and inspiring and made me ask myself, 'What am I doing to play my part in seeing God's justice in this world?'

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