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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Duncan B Forrester |
ISBN: | 0521554314 9780521554312 0521556112 9780521556118 |
OCLC Number: | 35814882 |
Description: | xiv, 274 pages ; 23 cm. |
Contents: | Theology and public policy yesterday and today -- 'Nobody knows what justice is': the problem of justice in a morally fragmented society -- Punishment and prisons -- Poverty -- Fairness is not enough -- Justice and the market -- Communication, gender and justice -- Lively and truthful survivals? -- Love, justice and justification -- Justice and community -- The hope of justice. |
Series Title: | Cambridge studies in ideology and religion, 10. |
Responsibility: | Duncan B. Forrester. |
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'... avoids the academicism of much political theory by demonstrating how concepts of justice actually shape public policy. It will thus be valuable not only for Christians working in social and political theory but also for those involved in the policy-making process. [A] profound and seasoned account.' Third Way '... a magesterial study which will surely become a standard work ... Forrester has made me see ... the real contribution that can be made by feminist critiques'. Church Times Read more...
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