Reclaiming the Common Good: How Christians Can Help Re-build Our Broken World - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0232533156 ISBN 13 : 9780232533156

Editeur : Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

After decades of political consensus, we are entering a time in which everything about the way we live today, and about how our society and communities are structured, is up for discussion. Many people are feeling empowered to ask: What kind of world do we want to live in? One that works for a few, or one that works for the common good? What part can Christians play in building a future of hope, peace, equality an justice? Reclaiming the Common Good is a collection of essays which consider these themes. Beginning with an explanation of the history and meaning of the term 'common good', it explores how the sense of working for this ideal has been lost. Focussing, biblically, on issues such as welfare, austerity, migration, environment, peace and justice, it provides a compellingly fresh and insightful analysis on the state of the world today, and offers a realistic vision of how it could be better. This vision is rooted in the idea of a new heaven, a new earth, and a new Jerusalem, as suggested in the book of Revelation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

This collection has been compiled and edited by Virginia Moffatt, a writer, community activist and former Chief Operating Officer of the belief and values think-tank, Ekklesia. Its other contributors are: Dr Patrick Riordan SJ, John Moffatt SJ, Simon Barrow, Bernadette Meaden, Dr Simon Duffy, Rev. Vaughan Jones, Savitri Hensman , Ellen Teague, Edward P. Echlin, Henrietta Cullinan, Susan Clarkson and Rev. Dr Simon Woodman.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0232533156
• ISBN 13: 9780232533156
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Éditeur: Moffatt Virginia
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