Bible and justice
Subtitle: ancient texts, modern challenges
By: edited by Matthew J.M. Coomber
Series: BibleWorld; Bible world (London, England)
Publisher: Equinox Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; Oakville, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781845535278; 9781845535261
Subjects: Justice; Congresses; Biblical teaching
Notes: Selection of papers delivered at the Conference on Bible and Justice held at the University of Sheffield in 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: On the genesis of the alliance between the Bible and rights / Yvonne Sherwood; title: Rough justice? / Philip Davies; title: Is the belief in human rights either biblical or useful? / John Sandys-Wunsch; title: Jesus : the justice of God / Stanley Hauerwas; title: Justice and violence in the priestly utopia / Walter J. Houston; title: A signs source : approaching deaf biblical interpretation / Louise J. Lawrence; title: 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; title: The Old Testament and the environment / J.W. Rogerson; title: Ecojustice in the Bible? : Pauline contributions to an ecological theology / David G. Horrell; title: Can the Book of Revelation be a gospel for the environment? / Simon P. Woodman; title: The kindness of strangers : biblical hospitality and the politics of intervention / Diana Lipton; title: Prophets to profits : ancient Judah and corporate globalization / Matthew J.M. Coomber.