Social And Economic Issues from Eden Theological Seminary Bookstore

This book calls for reconciliation in society that is radical, that goes to the roots. Too many initiatives for reconciliation, fail to remove the weeds of injustice at the roots, and thus stop short of completing the work required. Such political arrangements usually favor the rich and powerful, but deprive the powerless of justice and dignity. This is a form… Read more about this item

Uncovers the truth behind the ideas, struggles, and eventually success of Black and Puerto Rican Nationalists regarding key feminist issues of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s While most people believe that the movement to secure voluntary reproductive control for women centered solely on abortion rights, for many women abortion was not the only, or even primary, focus. Jennifer Nelson tells the… Read more about this item

The United States criminal justice system is in a state of crisis. Unprecedented rates of imprisonment and recidivism, the privatization of the prison system, and the disproportionate representation of particular racial, ethnic, social, and economic groups all exist within a larger social justice context. Catholics and Protestants have largely failed to offer vital theological responses, either inadequately addressing the interrelationship… Read more about this item

Risk and danger are culturally conditioned ideas. They are shaped by pressures of social life and accepted notions of accountability. The risk analyses that are increasingly being utilised by politicians, aid programmes and business ignore the insights to be gained from social anthropology which can be applied to modern industrial society. In this collection of recent essays, Mary Douglas develops a… Read more about this item

New item; exhibits minor shelf wear. | How has the U.S. dealt, throughout its long history, with one of the worlds oldest problems? Although poverty has always been part of the human experience, societal reactions and responses to it have been as varied as the condition has been static. Poverty in America has its own turbulent history of causes,… Read more about this item