The theme of justice pervades the Bible from Genesis to Revelation.
And all Christians agree that justice is important. We often
disagree, however, about what justice means, both in Scripture and
for us today. Many turn to Old Testament laws, the prophets, and
the life of Jesus to find biblical guidance on justice, but few
think of searching the letters of Paul. Readers frequently miss a
key source, a writing in which justice is actually the central
concern: the book of Romans. In Resurrecting Justice, theologian
Douglas Harink invites readers to rediscover Romans as a treatise
on justice. He traces Paul's thinking on this theme through a
sequential reading of the book, finding in each passage facets of
the gospel's primary claim-that God accomplishes justice in the
death and resurrection of Jesus Messiah. By rendering forms of the
Greek word dikaiosyne as "just" or "justice," Harink emphasizes the
inseparability of personal, social, and political uprightness that
was clear to Paul but is obscured in modern translations' use of
the words "righteous" and "righteousness" instead. Throughout this
book, Harink includes personal reflection questions and
contemporary implications, helping readers connect Paul's teaching
to issues in their world such as church life, politics, power,
criminal justice, and violence. Romans demands nothing less than a
fundamental rethinking of all things in the light of the gospel.
And in Romans the life, death, resurrection, and exaltation of
Jesus makes all the difference in how we think about justice.
Resurrecting Justice makes clear that the good news of a justice
that can come only from God is crucial not only for individual
lives but for all peoples and nations of the world.
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