Christian Justice and Public Policy [Paperback]

Explores Christian insights into justice and suggests their relevance to issues of practice and theory.This book contributes to contemporary debates about justice from the angle of Christian social ethics. Professor Forrester examines some secular theories from a theological angle, and surveys the policies and practices these theories are supposed to support and justify. He argues that Christian theology, although it can no longer claim to provide a comprehensive theory of justice, can provide insights into justice which challenge some aspects of the conventional wisdom, and contribute to the building of just communities.This book contributes to contemporary debates about justice from the angle of Christian social ethics. Professor Forrester examines some secular theories from a theological angle, and surveys the policies and practices these theories are supposed to support and justify. He argues that Christian theology, although it can no longer claim to provide a comprehensive theory of justice, can provide insights into justice which challenge some aspects of the conventional wisdom, and contribute to the building of just communities.This book contributes to contemporary debates about justice from the perspective of Christian social ethics. Professor Forrester examines some secular theories from a theological viewpoint, and surveys the policies and practices these theories are supposed to support and justify. He argues that Christian theology, although it can no longer claim to provide a comprehensive theory of justice, can provide insights into justice that challenge some aspects of the conventional wisdom, and contribute to the building of just communities.Introduction; Part I. Justice in Dispute: 1. Theology and public policy yesterday and today; 2. 'Nobody knows what justice is': the problem of justice in a morally fragmented society; Part II. Policies and Practices: 3. Punishment and prisons; 4. Poverty; Part III. Theories and Theologies: 5. Fairness is not ls*