A protester holds up a peace sign during a demonstration in Webster Grove, Missouri, December 2, 2014. | Reuters/Jim Young
In our politically correct culture, the term âsocial justiceâ is used rather loosely these days. But for the Christian, social justice must be based on biblical truth, or itâs not just at all.
If you want âto do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God,â you must exercise discernment (Micah 6:8).Â
A new book,Â
Injustice without Compromising Truth: 12 Questions Christians Should Ask About Social Justice, will help you do just that. Written by Thaddeus J. Williams, an associate professor at Biola Universityâs Talbot School of Theology, the book divides social justice into two categories: Social Justice A, which is biblical, and Social Justice B, which is not.Â
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Perhaps, in the decades to come, some enterprising religious historian will study how the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 affected Christian magazine journalism. Fair warning: You won’t find anything terribly eye-opening in CT’s books coverage.
As the editor chiefly responsible for that coverage, I remember feeling a tad sheepish at our morning check-in meetings during those first few locked-down weeks in March and April. Updates from colleagues throbbed with urgency. They were commissioning timely op-eds analyzing the virus in all its theological and sociopolitical complexity. They were chasing down stories about believers manning the medical front lines and churches transitioning to online services. Meanwhile, my own work carried on as though nothing had changed.