TY - BOOK ID - 16784089 TI - Christian justice and public policy PY - 1997 VL - 10 SN - 0521556112 0521554314 0511605625 0511821379 0511001452 9780521556118 9780511001451 9780521554312 9780511821370 9780511605628 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Christianity and justice. KW - Church and social problems. KW - Christianity and politics. KW - Political planning. KW - #SBIB:321H400 KW - #SBIB:17H20 KW - #SBIB:AANKOOP KW - 241.65 KW - 241.65 Theologische ethiek: rechtvaardigheid--(zie ook {330.86}) KW - Theologische ethiek: rechtvaardigheid--(zie ook {330.86}) KW - Westerse politieke en sociale theorieën vanaf de 19e eeuw: christelijke gedachte: algemeen KW - Sociale wijsbegeerte: algemeen KW - Christianity and justice KW - Christianity and politics KW - Church and social problems KW - Political planning KW - Planning in politics KW - Public policy KW - Planning KW - Policy sciences KW - Politics, Practical KW - Public administration KW - Christianity and social problems KW - Social problems and Christianity KW - Social problems and the church KW - Social problems KW - Christianity KW - Church and politics KW - Politics and Christianity KW - Politics and the church KW - Political science KW - Justice KW - Religion and justice KW - Religion and law KW - Political aspects KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Religion UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:16784089 AB - Disagreements about justice are not simply academic matters. They create problems for practice and for policy-making. In a morally fragmented society in which 'nobody knows what justice is' issues such as wages policy, punishment and poverty become particularly difficult to handle. People striving to act justly are often uncertain how this might be done. Secular theories such as those of Rowls, Hayek, Habermas and modern feminist theorists, examined here, give some guidance for problems of justice that arise on the ground, but have serious limitations. This book argues that Christian theology, although it can no longer claim to provide a comprehensive theory of justice, can provide insights into justice - 'theological fragments' - which give illumination, challenge some aspects of the conventional wisdom, and contribute to the building of just communities in which people may flourish in mutuality and hope. ER -