Scripture and Social Justice : Catholic and Ecumenical Essays by Gregory E. ...

Scripture and Social JusticeCatholic and Ecumenical Essays\nAuthor(s): Anathea E. Portier-Young, Gregory E. Sterling, Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll, Harold W. Attridge, Corrine Carvalho, Adela Yarbro Collins, John J. Collins, John R. Donahue, John Endres, Gina Hens-Piazza\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic\nISBN-13: 9781978702905, 978-1978702905\nSynopsis\nThe essays gathered here provide a panoramic view of current thinking on biblical texts that play important roles in contemporary struggles for social justice either as inspiration or impediment. Here, from the hands of an ecumenical array of leading biblical scholars, are fresh and compelling resources for thinking biblically about what justice is and what it demands. Individual essays treat key debates, themes, and texts, locating each within its historical and cultural settings while also linking them to the most pressing justice concerns of the twenty-.