Why Social Justice Is Not Biblical Justice: An Urgent Appeal to Fellow Christians in a Time of Social Crisis

by Scott David Allen

Paperback, 2020

Status

Available

Call number

BR115.J8 A457

Description

Biblical Christianity and ideological social justice are distinct and incompatible worldviews. They are opposed in their understanding of ultimate reality, power, authority, human nature, morality, epistemology, and much more. These differences matter. They will inevitably lead to vastly different kinds of societies. The culture that is emerging around us from the worldview of critical social theory is one marked by hostility, division, and a false sense of moral superiority. A culture where truth is replaced by power, and gratitude by grievance. A culture where your identity is defined by your tribe and your tribe is always in conflict with other tribes. The hour is late, but I believe there is still time. We, the Bible-believing church, must humble ourselves, cry out to God, and courageously defend the truth against the greatest worldview threat of our generation. - Back cover.… (more)

Publication

Credo House Publishers (2020), 264 pages

ISBN

1625861761 / 9781625861764

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

9 inches

Rating

(3 ratings; 4)

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LibraryThing member zot79
I really wanted this book to deepen my understanding of Social Justice and Biblical Justice and how they are incompatible. I was underwhelmed and skimmed through it in an afternoon. The author's analysis of the current social justice movement and its ties to Marxism were interesting and helpful in
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setting context. So was his survey of Biblical justice and the call to focus on the gospel, rather than revolution.
What I didn't find was a compelling argument that a majority of compassionate Christians attempting to address social issues are getting it wrong. I felt like the narrative glossed over the complex interactions of the Biblical worldview with a pluralistic society. People are people and they are messy and emotional and complex and refuse to fit into buckets like right or left or liberal or conservative.
The book also appears to focus on the issue from a purely American perspective. As much as the author, and others, want the United States of America to be a Christian nation, it isn't. And never was. The best we can do as Christians is live in it and share the gospel and leave judgements to God. We also have to accept that we live in an increasingly global world filled with multiple cultures and religion. Forcing a distinctly American Christian worldview on everyone is impractical, among other things. Having cultural myopia is not acceptable or exusable.
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