Compassionate Justice: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue with Two Gospel Parables on Law, Crime, and Restorative Justice

· Theopolitical Visions Libro 15 · Wipf and Stock Publishers
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Two parables that have become firmly lodged in popular consciousness and affection are the parable of the Good Samaritan and the parable of the Prodigal Son. These simple but subversive tales have had a significant impact historically on shaping the spiritual, aesthetic, moral, and legal traditions of Western civilization, and their capacity to inform debate on a wide range of moral and social issues remains as potent today as ever. Noting that both stories deal with episodes of serious interpersonal offending, and both recount restorative responses on the part of the leading characters, Compassionate Justice draws on the insights of restorative justice theory, legal philosophy, and social psychology to offer a fresh reading of these two great parables. It also provides a compelling analysis of how the priorities commended by the parables are pertinent to the criminal justice system today. The parables teach that the conscientious cultivation of compassion is essential to achieving true justice. Restorative justice strategies, this book argues, provide a promising and practical means of attaining to this goal of reconciling justice with compassion.

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Chris Marshall teaches in the Religious Studies Programme at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. His many publications include, Faith as a Theme in Mark's Narrative (1989), Kingdom Come: The Kingdom of God in the Teaching of Jesus (1993), Beyond Retribution: A New Testament Vision for Justice, Crime, and Punishment (2001), Crowned with Glory and Honor: Human Rights in the Biblical Tradition (2001), and The Little Book of Biblical Justice (2005).

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