We Cry Justice

Author: Liz Theoharis
Publisher: Broadleaf Books
ISBN: 1506473652
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible proclaims justice and abundance for the poor. Yet these powerful passages about poverty are frequently overlooked and misinterpreted. Enter the Poor People's Campaign, a movement against racism, poverty, ecological devastation, militarism, and religious nationalism. In We Cry Justice, Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the campaign, is joined by pastors, community organizers, scholars, low-wage workers, lay leaders, and people in poverty to interpret sacred stories about the poor seeking healing, equity, and freedom. In a world roiled by poverty and injustice, Scripture still speaks. Organized into fifty-two chapters, each focusing on a key Scripture passage, We Cry Justice offers comfort and challenge from the many stories of the poor taking action together. Read anew the story of the exodus that frees people from debt and slavery, the prophets who denounce the rich and ruling classes, the stories of Jesus's healing and parables about fair wages, and the early church's sharing of goods. Reflection questions and a short prayer at the end of each chapter offer the opportunity to use the book devotionally through a year. The Bible cries for justice, and we do too. It's time to act on God's persistent call to repair the breach and fight poverty, not the poor.

Poverty & Justice Bible-NRSV-Catholic

Author: United Bible Societies
Publisher: United Bible Societies
ISBN: 9780564097746
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 1635

Book Description
Highlighting more than 3,600 verses that wake us up to issues of poverty and justice. The Poverty and Justice Bible is your guide to explore Gods messages and challenges regarding the poor. Backed by social justice campaigners including World Vision and other leading organizations, The Poverty and Justice Bible gives you: Clear and accessible NRSV text Highlighted verses to clarify your understanding of Gods passion for social justice. A unique 56-page study guide to support your individual research and group discussion. Practical suggestions on how you can make a difference in the lives of the poor and the oppressed. Paperback.1,635 pages. 5 x 8 1/4."

The Poverty & Justice Bible

Author: American Bible Society
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781585169733
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Your guide to explore God's messages and challenges regarding the poor. Backed by social justice campaigners including World Vision and other leading organizations. Includes 1) Clear CEV text 2) Highlighted verses to clarify your understanding of God's passion for social justice 3) A unique 52-page study guide to support your individual research and group discussion 4) Practical suggestions on how you can make a difference in the lives of the poor and the oppressed.

The Poverty and Justice Bible

Author: American Bible Society
Publisher: Gallery at the American Bible Society
ISBN: 9780564094530
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 374

Book Description
The Poverty and Justice Bible is your guide to explore God's messages and challenges. Its power will drive your passion to shout for justice for the poor. It includes 1) Clear and accessible CEV text that helps you get straight to the heart of the message 2) Highlighted verses to clarify your understanding of God's passion for social justice 3)A unique 32-page study guide to support your individual research and group discussion 4) Practical suggestions on how you can make a difference in the lives of the poor and the oppressed 5)The backing of social justice campaigners including World Vision and other leading organizations. 8 2/3 x 6 5/16 inches.

Cry Justice!

Author: Ronald J. Sider
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780809123087
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
Consists of Biblical quotations on: Salvation, service and ultimate shalom ; God's special concern for the poor, Economic relationships among the people of God ; Property and possessions; God's concern for justice.

Make Poverty Personal (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)

Author: Ash Barker
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1441203877
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
Poverty is one of the great challenges of the 21st century. But poverty is not new. And neither is God's deep concern for the poor--it is a theme deeply woven throughout the Bible. Yet sadly, churches and individual Christians have too often been blind to this emphasis, or they have been paralyzed into inaction by feelings of helplessness. In this urgent, provocative book, Ash Barker offers both challenge and hope. Pulling out and reflecting on significant passages from both testaments, he reveals what the Bible says about both the nature of poverty and about how God calls his people to respond. These studies, ideal for either individual or small group use, are interlaced with personal reflections--first-hand accounts from fifteen years of ministry among the poor.

There Shall be No Poor Among You

Author: Leslie J. Hoppe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 204

Book Description
There Shall Be No Poor Among You is a careful and comprehensive but not overly technical study of the biblical portrait of the poor and poverty. Hoppe introduces the study with the socioeconomic structures of ancient Israel and Roman Palestine, then proceeds systematically to examine the biblical evidence, including that of the Old Testament, New Testament, Apocrypha, and rabbinic literature. The Bible describes the poor and poverty in a variety of ways. Sometimes poverty is a curse; other times it is a blessing. Sometimes the text is concerned about material poverty exclusively; other times poverty becomes a metaphor for another reality. Hoppe describes the various ways the Bible deals with the poor, but his fundamental conclusion is that the Bible never idealizes the reality of material poverty and the oppression of the poor by the rich. Even when the Bible speaks of "poverty of the spirit" as a positive religious metaphor, God requires humans to seek social justice. Hoppe suggests that just as poverty is not idealized in the Bible, so the poor should be a priority of every community of faith. Ancient Israel, early Judaism, Jesus, and the first Christians did not forget the poor, and if believers today wish to be faithful to their biblical heritage, neither can they. This book provides a practical background for scholars and is a primer for a significant theological motif. It will be useful in the classroom (in college and seminary courses in biblical ethics and social justice), as well as in serious Bible study. Study questions will help readers and students further probe history, theology, and application.

Generous Justice

Author: Timothy Keller
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 1594486077
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 265

Book Description
Keller explores a life of justice empowered by an experience of grace.

Always with Us?

Author: Theoharis, Liz
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802875025
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 207

Book Description
"Jesus's words 'the poor you will always have with you' (Matthew 26:11) are regularly used to suggest that ending poverty is impossible. In this book Liz Theoharis critically examines both the biblical text and the lived reality of the poor to show how this passage is taken out of context and distorted. Poverty is not inevitable, Theoharis argues. It is a systemic sin, and all Christians have a responsibility to partner with the poor to end poverty once and for all"--Jacket

The Bible and Social Justice

Author: Cynthia Long Westfall
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498238076
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
Although the cry for justice in human society is an important theme in the Bible, in many church and academic circles action for and discourse about social justice is carried on without a thorough exploration of this theme in Scripture. This volume brings together chapters by experts in the various sections of the Old and New Testaments to give a full spectrum of what the Bible has to say about social justice, and to point to ways forward for Christians seeking to think and act in harmony with God in pursuing social justice in the world today.