The mirage shall become a pool
Subtitle: a New Testament theology of social justice and charity
By: Ondrej Hron
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9781606086407
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Theology; Poor; Biblical teaching; Social justice; Charity; Bible
Description: Few things are as important as our notions of justice and mercy. Yet how are we to make sense of our moral treatment of the poor given all the political, philosophical, and theological voices? While Christian Scripture is not silent on the matters of social justice and charity, even here our variously conditioned presuppositions cause us significant interference. Only a careful hermeneutical reset can move us beyond our personal and cultural situatedness. This requires a thorough exploration of both interpretative strategies and pertinent scriptural witnesses. So how would the New Testament witness have us treat the materially needy? How do we act justly and love mercy in walking humbly with our God?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-367) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction --; title: Mutual confessions of particularity --; title: Seeing eye to eye on poverty --; title: What's hermeneutics got to do with it? --; title: The hermeneutics of demarcating biblical justice --; title: Everything the NT says about helping the poor --; title: Hearing the witness: data integration --; title: Drawing conclusions, sketching extrapolations.