{"product_id":"contending-for-justice-walter-houston-9780567033543","title":"Contending for Justice: Ideologies and Theologies of Social Justice in the Old Testament","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContending for Justice\u003c\/i\u003e analyses texts on social justice in the Old Testament and argues that despite their ideological character they may still assist in shaping a Christian theological approach to social and global injustice. The book argues on the one hand that a class interest is involved in all texts on the subject of social justice, and on the other that, that the very interest demands that they should appeal to the broadest possible public by using generally accepted ethical and theological ideas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFour elements are set out in a hermeneutical proposal: texts should be understood as rhetoric in real social situations, as ideology protecting a social position, as defining recognized ethical values, and theologically as having a critical and constructive potential for the interpreter's own situation. A second chapter attempts to sketch the social conditions in which such texts were formed. The hermeneutical scheme is then applied, but not rigidly, to a wide range of texts: prophetic denunciations of oppression, texts in a variety of genres defining the characteristics of the just individual, texts in the Psalms and Isaiah defining the duty of the king to protect the poor, visions of a just community in the prophets, words of Torah aimed at protecting the indebted poor and restoring an independent peasantry, and assertions of the justice of God. The book concludes with brief reflections on the value of the Old Testament as a resource in the struggle for justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new paperback edition is fully revised and updated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter Houston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0567033546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780567033543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e T\u0026amp;T Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009 pg. 27","brand":"Walter Houston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065021509887,"sku":"9780567033543","price":94.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ccd160dc-b43a-4314-ab32-4c6d1c143709.jpg?v=1768672614","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contending-for-justice-walter-houston-9780567033543","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}