Social justice handbook
Subtitle: small steps for a better world
By: Mae Elise Cannon.
Publisher: IVP Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Downers Grove, Ill
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780830837151
Subjects: Christian sociology; Church and social problems; Social justice -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Christianity and justice
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Foundations of justice; title: God's heart for justice; title: Social justice : defining the issue; title: A history of Christian social justice in the Americas; title: Moving from apathy to advocacy; title: Solutions to injustice; title: Social justice issues; title: Abortion; title: AIDS; title: AIDS' Africa; title: AIDS' orphans; title: AIDS' poverty; title: AIDS' prevention; title: AIDS' social impact; title: AIDS' transmission; title: AIDS' women; title: Assisted reproductive technologies; title: Bioethics; title: Capital punishment; title: Capitalism; title: Children; title: Child soldiers; title: Class systems; title: Cloning; title: Consumerism; title: Disaster relief; title: Domestic abuse and violence; title: Drugs and addiction; title: Education, domestic; title: Education, global; title: Environmental justice; title: Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide; title: Family; title: Female genital mutilation; title: Genocide; title: Genocide, Darfur, Sudan; title: Genocide, Rwanda; title: Global economy; title: Globalization; title: Health care, domestic; title: Health care, domestic children : state children's health insurance programs; title: Health care, global; title: Homelessness; title: Housing; title: Human rights; title: Hunger; title: Immigration; title: Incarceration; title: Malaria; title: Microfinance; title: Multiethnic churches and communities; title: Physical disabilities; title: Politics; title: Poverty, biblical perspectives; title: Poverty causes; title: Poverty cycles; title: Poverty domestic; title: Poverty, global; title: Poverty statistics; title: Prostitution; title: Race definition; title: Race, poverty; title: Race, incarceration; title: Racial reconciliation; title: Racism; title: Racism, fear; title: Racism, individual; title: Racism. institutional; title: Refugees; title: Religious persecution; title: Sex trafficking; title: Sexism; title: Sexuality; title: Slavery; title: Stem cell research; title: Tuberculosis; title: Urban decay; title: Water; title: White privilege; title: Women; title: Women, aging; title: Women, body image; title: Women, childbearing and family care; title: Women, international leadership; title: Women, poverty in the developing world; title: Women, serving in the church; title: Women, work, and job opportunities; title: Work, job training; title: Work, living wage initiatives; title: Work, the working poor.