Doing Justice to Mercy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Doing Justice to Mercy write by Jonathan Rothchild. This book was released on 2012-10-05. Doing Justice to Mercy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It is often assumed that the law and religion address different spheres of human life. Religion and ethics articulate complex systems of moral reasoning that concern norms, deliberation of ends, cultivation of disposition, and transformation of moral agency. Law, in contrast, seeks to govern human conduct through procedural justice, rights, and public good. Doing Justice to Mercy challenges this assumption by presenting the reader with an urgent conversation between the law and religion that yields a constructive approach, both theoretically and practically, to the complex role of mercy in our legal process. Authored by legal practitioners, activists, and theorists in addition to theologians and ethicists, the essays collected here are informed by timeless principles, and yet they could not be timelier. The trend in sentencing moves toward an increased severity, and the number of incarcerated people in the United States is at an all-time high. In the half-decade since 9/11, moreover, homeland security has established itself as a permanent fixture in our lives. In this atmosphere, the current volume seeks initially to clarify how justice and mercy intertwine in relation to a number of issues, such as rehabilitation, the death penalty, domestic violence, and war crimes. Exploring the legal, philosophical, and theological grounds for mercy in our courts, the discussion then moves to the practical ways in which mercy may be implemented. Contributors:Marc Mauer, The Sentencing Project * Lois Gehr Livezey, McCormick Theological Seminary * Ernie Lewis, Public Advocate, Commonwealth of Kentucky * Jonathan Rothchild, Loyola Marymount University * Albert W. Alschuler, Northwestern University School of Law * David Scheffer, Northwestern University School of Law * David Little, Harvard Divinity School * Matthew Myer Boulton, Andover Newton Theological School * Mark Lewis Taylor, Princeton Theological Seminary * Sarah Coakley, Cambridge University * William Schweiker, University of Chicago Divinity School * Kevin Jung, College of William and Mary * Peter J. Paris, Princeton Theological Seminary * W. Clark Gilpin, University of Chicago Divinity School * William C. Placher, Wabash College
Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life
Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life write by Robert D. Lupton. This book was released on 2010-10-26. Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Rethinking Ministry to the Poor The urban landscape is changing and, as a result, urban ministries are at a crossroads. If the Church is to be an effective agent of compassion and justice, we must change our mission strategies. In this compelling book, Lupton asks tough questions about service providing and community building to help us enhance our effectiveness. Among the questions; What dilemmas do caring people encounter to faithfully carry out the teachings of Scripture and become personally involved with the least of these? What are some possible alternatives to the ways we have traditionally attempted to care for the poor? How do people, programs and neighborhoods move toward reciprocal, interdependent relationships? To effect these types of changes will require new skill sets and resources, but the possibilities for good are great.
Doing Justice, Showing Mercy
Doing Justice, Showing Mercy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Doing Justice, Showing Mercy write by Vinita Hampton Wright. This book was released on 2000-03-07. Doing Justice, Showing Mercy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Christians are more aware than ever of problems concerning injustice. How are we to respond? Can one person make a difference? The Bible's teachings are just as valid--and radical--today as they were centuries ago. They instruct us to live as lights in the darkness, and they reveal the true source of our hope for the world.
Generous Justice
Generous Justice - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Generous Justice write by Timothy Keller. This book was released on 2012-08-07. Generous Justice available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Keller explores a life of justice empowered by an experience of grace.
Divine Mercy and Divine Justice: Why Both are Essential to a Catholic Understanding of God
Divine Mercy and Divine Justice: Why Both are Essential to a Catholic Understanding of God - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Divine Mercy and Divine Justice: Why Both are Essential to a Catholic Understanding of God write by Robert Stackpole Std. This book was released on 2020-09-24. Divine Mercy and Divine Justice: Why Both are Essential to a Catholic Understanding of God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Dr. Stackpole blends together the results of careful reasoning and sensitive attention to the revelation of God, and addresses in a way that may help many with the huge deceptions that are weakening the faith, morality and mission of God's people today. Although the book is academically sound it is written in such a way that the educated Catholic can certainly understand the flow of his argument and greatly benefit from it. He addresses the tough questions: "If God is so merciful, why is there a hell?" "Why was the horrible death of Jesus Christ by crucifixion necessary for our salvation?" "Why do we shy away from facing the truth of the need for punishment - the penal dimension - for our sins?" This is a book that was written with careful attention to the truth and a deep concern for the salvation of souls. It is also a book that took courage to write and for that we are all in Dr. Stackpole's debt. (Ralph Martin, STD, Pres. Renewal Ministries).
