Beyond Retribution

Author : Christopher D. Marshall
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802847973
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Retribution written by Christopher D. Marshall and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recently a growing number of Christians have actively promoted the concept of "restorative justice" and attempted to develop programs for dealing with crime based on restorative principles. But is this approach truly consistent with the teaching of Scripture? To date, very little has been done to test this claim. Beyond Retribution fills a gap by plumbing the New Testament on the topics of crime, justice, and punishment. Christopher Marshall first explores the problems involved in applying ethical teachings from the New Testament to mainstream society. He then surveys the extent to which the New Testament addresses criminal justice issues, looking in particular at the concept of the justice of God in the teachings of Paul and Jesus. He also examines the topic of punishment, reviewing the debate in social thinking over the ethics and purpose of punishment -- including capital punishment -- and he advocates a new concept of "restorative punishment." The result of this engaging work is a biblically based challenge to imitate the way of Christ in dealing with both victims and offenders. - Publisher

Author : Rama Mani
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 9780745628363
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Retribution written by Rama Mani and published by Polity. This book was released on 2002-05-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s wars leave a crippling legacy of deprivation and suffering, of physical and structural injustice, long after they submit to peaceful resolution. Survivors of war must find ways to live with the stultifying injustices littering their past and haunting their present – acts of discrimination and violence committed before, during and even after conflict. Confronting the vexed challenge of re-marrying peace with justice out of the morass of war’s injustices is the complex but imperative task facing post-conflict societies and the international community today. Using current examples from conflicts around the world, ranging from Africa and Asia to Latin America and Eastern Europe, it argues for a holistic and integrated approach to justice after conflict. It proposes that we must address all three dimensions of injustice embedded in conflict – symptom, consequence and cause, and that subsequently we must rebuild all three dimensions of justice – legal, rectificatory and distributive, in the aftermath. This timely book explores the difficulties and dilemmas confronted on the ground in restoring these, and concludes with pragmatic recommendations for dealing with such challenges of rebuilding peace with justice after contemporary conflicts. This well-argued book will prove a valuable resource for students and professionals in the fields of peacebuilding, justice theory, international relations and politics.

Author : Traggy Maepa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Retribution written by Traggy Maepa and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph argues that internationally, restorative justice has been carefully considered and a high degree of consensus about the approach exists. South Africa is now well positioned -- in terms of the policy environment, existing practice as well as practitioners' perceptions -- for using restorative justice methods in the day-to-day handling of criminal offences. In doing so, the main challenge will be providing effective training on the aims, outcomes and applications of the process.

Author : Anthony C. Thiselton
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467434884
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life after Death written by Anthony C. Thiselton and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing in the wake of a near-fatal stroke, eminent theologian Anthony C. Thiselton addresses a universally significant topic: death and what comes next. This distinctive study of "the last things" comprehensively explores questions about individual death, the intermediate state, the return of Christ, the resurrection of the dead, hell, the final state of the redeemed, and more. At once scholarly and pastoral, Thiselton's Life after Death offers biblically astute, historically informed, and intellectually sound answers -- making this book an invaluable resource for thinking Christians.

Author : Ferdinand David Schoeman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521339513
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Responsibility, Character, and the Emotions written by Ferdinand David Schoeman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the responsibility individuals have for their actions and characters.

Author : Phil Waldrep
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 073697878X
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Betrayal written by Phil Waldrep and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responding Right When You've Been Wronged We all know what it’s like to be lied to, cheated, tricked, or swindled. Whether you want revenge or to protect yourself from future harm, Phil Waldrep understands your pain. Waldrep had no idea of the steep journey that lay ahead of him when two men walked into his office and revealed an unfolding story of a friend turned colleague who was living what amounted to a second life. For years following, Waldrep sought to heal the wounds of this broken relationship and confront the pain he felt in the aftermath of this betrayal. Along the way, he discovered God’s solutions to overcoming resentment. In Beyond Betrayal, you’ll learn about the biblical principles and practical tools that can help you identify betrayers in your life and name the pain you feel rediscover God as the healer of your wounds avoid bitterness and express your anger in healthy ways learn to remain open to trusting others again as you build new relationships choose forgiveness and develop strategies to prevent future betrayal Whether you’ve been hurt by a family member, friend, colleague, or trusted leader, you are not alone. Even Jesus was betrayed. You don’t have to let past hurts limit your future relationships—you can move beyond betrayal.

Author : Varunaj Churnai
Publisher : Langham Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783684569
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Justice written by Varunaj Churnai and published by Langham Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades, scholars have tended to interpret what Job says about death in one of two ways. They interpret it either as part of the broader reading of death in the Old Testament, or by imposing Ancient Near Eastern mythological concepts upon the text disregarding its nature as part of the Old Testament’s wisdom tradition. Varunaj Churnai attempts to redress the latter interpretation and treats the book of Job, and its development and understanding of death, contextually. Churnai specifically looks at how Job presents the two faces of God: God’s wrathful face and God’s gracious face. Beyond Justice demonstrates that the retribution principle allows humans to know the hidden God as it illuminates the relationship between individual and Creator. Through Job’s experiences and heartfelt outpouring of his soul before both God’s wrathful face and God’s gracious face we can know God more fully. Churnai shows how these faces of God are reconciled in the two divine speeches of YHWH, which invite both Job and the reader to move beyond retribution theology to trust in the graciousness of God.

Author : Richard L. Lippke
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003849482
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theorizing Legal Punishment written by Richard L. Lippke and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book systematically defends an account of the institution of legal punishment that draws on both retributive and crime-prevention thinking. The work argues that legal punishment censures convicted offenders and thus morally communicates with them, any victims, and the broader community, while also serving to reduce future crime. The expressive or retributive element is assigned the lead role in this mixed account because it better captures the notion that members of society are to be held morally accountable for their failures to abide by defensible criminal prohibitions of various kinds. Despite this, it is conceded that the reduction of crime plays a vital role in justifying the institution of legal punishment and the book contains extended discussion of how and why this is so. Beyond its explication of the aims of legal punishment and their respective roles within a mixed theory, the study devotes separate chapters to sentencing, criminal procedure, and the imposition of fees and collateral legal consequences on individuals who have been convicted of crimes and fully served their sentences. In these ways, the work moves beyond discussion of the abstract aims of legal punishment to details of the institution’s internal structure and operations. The many historical deficiencies and failures of the institution are duly noted and the challenges they pose for punishment theorizing are examined. The book closes with discussion of the limited success of punishment institutions in apprehending, convicting, and punishing those who violate the law, including many who do so in serious ways. Alternatives to reliance on legal punishment institutions are briefly examined. In the end, retention of such institutions is urged although it is suggested that we ought to have modest expectations about their ultimate success. The work will be of interest to those working in the areas of Legal Philosophy and Criminology.

Author : Allan Aubrey Boesak and Curtiss Paul DeYoung
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 160833211X
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radical Reconciliation: Beyond Political Pietism and Christian Quietism written by Allan Aubrey Boesak and Curtiss Paul DeYoung and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : M. Findlay
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230250564
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Punishment: Achieving International Criminal Justice written by M. Findlay and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-11-30 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International criminal justice is challenged to better reflect legitimate victim interest. This book provides a framework for achieving synthesis between restorative and retributive dimensions within international criminal trials in order to achieve the peace-making aspirations of the International Criminal Court.