Embracing Justice: The Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2022

by Isabelle Hamley

Overview

'In a world where justice is too often about power, Isabelle Hamley shows that God's justice brings transformation, healing and hope for all.' JUSTIN WELBY

What is justice? It's a question we encounter everywhere in life and that over the last years has increasingly demanded an answer.

In Embracing Justice, Isabelle Hamley invites us on an exhilarating journey through Scripture to discover how we, as churches, communities and individual Christians, can seek and practice justice even when enmeshed in such a fractured world.

Full of practical encouragement, the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book for 2022 brilliantly weaves together biblical texts, diverse voices, contemporary stories, and personal and group meditations to reveal liberating and imaginative ways in which me may grow in discipleship - and more fully reflect the justice, mercy and compassion of Christ in our lives.

With six chapters to take you from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, this Lent devotional for 2022 is essential reading for anyone interested in the issues of justice - from climate and economic justice to gender and racial equality - that are increasingly at the forefront of global consciousness, and the role that Christians and the Church must play in them.

Suitable for use both as a single study for individuals and for small groups to prepare for Easter, Embracing Justice will encourage, inform and motivate anyone looking for Christian books about justice. It will help you understand justice from a biblical perspective, and inspire you to seek it in every aspect of your life.

Although the world is broken, unequal and violent, the call to reflect God's own justice and mercy continues to sound like a steady drumbeat, impossible to ignore. Company with Isabelle Hamley this Lent, and discover that we can all join God’s mission of transformation and embrace his justice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780281086542
Publisher:	SPCK (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge)
Publication date:	12/16/2021
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Isabelle Hamley is Theological Adviser to the House of Bishops and was formerly Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Isabelle has written a number of recognised books on questions of justice, mercy and restoration, having been a probation officer before ordination and ministering subsequently amidst the diversity of parish life.

Table of Contents

Foreword by the Archbishop of Canterbury ix

Acknowledgements xii

Approaching justice 1

1 Paradise lost: In search of original justice 5

Justice in creation: Genesis 1-2 5

When good goes bad: Genesis 3 14

In search of original justice 27

2 From bondage to freedom: Exodus and liberation stories 37

Exodus 1: Inequality, injustice and violence 39

God's response: Hearing, seeing, acting 44

Transforming people 53

Exodus as a prophetic book 64

3 Building communities of justice: Legal systems and community justice 78

The laws of the Old Testament 84

The marks of a just community 96

Living in a broken world 106

When justice fails 113

4 Justice and incarnation: Restoring the image of God 120

The centrality of the Incarnation 121

Learning to see 129

Seeing the big picture 136

Pursuing justice in the refugee camps of Lebanon 140

Humanizing the other 144

5 Justice in the shape of a cross 149

Justice in the ministry of Jesus 150

A radical reconfiguration of power 158

The cross as the unexpected embodiment of justice 163

Justice, resurrection and ascension 173

6 'Do this to remember me': Holy Communion and the reshaping of the imagination 179

Discerning the body 183

The practice of truth-telling 187

Take, eat, this is my body 193

What now? 199

Bibliography 201

Editorial Reviews

In a world where justice is too often about power, Isabelle Hamley shows that God’s justice brings transformation, healing and hope for all.

In a world where justice is too often about power, Isabelle Hamley shows that God’s justice brings transformation, healing and hope for all.

Justin Welby

At last, an authoritative and comprehensive study of the connection between faith and mental health which doesn’t shy away from making helpful practical applications. I commend it very warmly indeed.

Bishop James Newcome on ‘The Bible and Mental Health’ edited by Isabelle Hamley and Chri

Full of insight, intellectually robust, and consistently honest about the fragile spaces we inhabit, its authors explore from multiple angles how God can be present within frailty, not beyond it.

The Revd Dr Alison J Gray

Full of insight, intellectually robust, and consistently honest about the fragile spaces we inhabit, its authors explore from multiple angles how God can be present within frailty, not beyond it.

John M.G. Barclay FBA on ‘The Bible and Mental Health’ edited by Isabelle Hamley and Chr

At last, an authoritative and comprehensive study of the connection between faith and mental health which doesn’t shy away from making helpful practical applications. I commend it very warmly indeed.

Bishop James Newcome on ‘The Bible and Mental Health’ edited by Isabelle Hamley and Chri

Full of insight, intellectually robust, and consistently honest about the fragile spaces we inhabit, its authors explore from multiple angles how God can be present within frailty, not beyond it.

John M.G. Barclay FBA on ‘The Bible and Mental Health’ edited by Isabelle Hamley and Chr