From Charity to Justice: Revisited

At least since the 1990s, some theologians and development practitioners have been calling for greater attention to be paid to issues of structural injustice in respect of the global poor. With an increasing number of voices critiquing current models of aid and development, the imperative to pay gre...

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Main Author: Thacker, Justin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2015]
In: Transformation
Year: 2015, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 112-127
IxTheo Classification:KDG Free church
NCC Social ethics
NCE Business ethics
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Summary:At least since the 1990s, some theologians and development practitioners have been calling for greater attention to be paid to issues of structural injustice in respect of the global poor. With an increasing number of voices critiquing current models of aid and development, the imperative to pay greater attention to such advocacy or justice based initiatives is even more relevant. In this article, I explore why evangelicals in particular have been reticent about such moves from ‘charity to justice’ and I make a series of biblical, theological and sociological arguments as to why we should do so.
ISSN:1759-8931
Contains:Enthalten in: Transformation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0265378814558449