A New Interfaith Paradigm for Our Failed Prison System
Tracing the history and features of the penal system, this book lays out a paradigm of criminal justice based on restorative justice and reconciliation. It opens a national dialogue on responsibilities of citizens and the nation to provide remediation rather than mere retributive incarceration, answerable to the common good and the justice of God.
The Latino population is a pastorally challenging polyculture. This diversity requires spiritual caregivers to approach every Hispanic individual with humbleness. "Cada persona es un mundo," "every person is a world," says Montilla. To equip professionals in ministry for their ministry with and for Latino/as, Montilla centers his presentation ......
Contemporary Faces of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Ethics
Presents the views of ethicists and scholars from three major and often conflicting monotheistic traditions, who correlate a religious tradition's sacred texts and tradition with the contemporary world's pluralism and claims about the inalienable sanctity and dignity of human life.
Jrgen Moltmann's distinctiveinsights in trinitarian theology- especially about the relationswithin God and God's presence increation - are revolutionary fortheology and set the stage for thesefurther explorations. The esteemedgroup of contributors in this volumeprobes new ways of understandingthe triune character of God. Among the contributors ......
Traces the history of historicism and its various meanings from the German Enlightenment through its Continental and distinctly American developments to its contemporary postmodern incarnations. This book demonstrates how historicism has forced theology to pioneer methods that specifically acknowledge social locatedness and pragmatic intent.
Written by the author of the widely acclaimed trilogy "Naming the Powers", "Unmasking the Powers", and "Engaging the Powers", this book on Powers, applies the suggestive analysis, "Powers are good; Powers are fallen; Powers must be redeemed", to economics, politics and government, war and peace, personal ethics and ecological and social justice.
How much did DietrichBonhoeffer know of theHolocaust, and what did he do tohelp the Jews? Should Bonhoefferbe considered one of the "Righteousamong the Nations"? In this welcome sequel tohis acclaimed The BonhoefferPhenomenon, Stephen Haynestakes up these vexing andcontroversial questions. While Bonhoeffer spoke outagainst mistreatment of the ......
Helps preachers to identify the ways that Christian preachers perpetuate the long tradition of Christian anti-Judaism. This book situates the Gospels precisely as Jewish literature, then addresses specific thorny issues that arise in preaching: supersessionism; portrayals of the Law; preaching the Passion; misrepresentations of Judaism, and more.
Offering coverage of Christian traditions, this book is supported by a Web site that includes chapter summaries, questions for discussion and Web links that bring the stories of women to life in portraits, artifacts, and other primary materials. It combines history and primary readings and augments with helpful pedagogical tools.
