Review Article: The Community Against Drugs
In: Community development journal, Band 32, Heft 2, S. 187-189
ISSN: 1468-2656
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In: Community development journal, Band 32, Heft 2, S. 187-189
ISSN: 1468-2656
In: Community development journal, Band 32, Heft 1, S. 103-105
ISSN: 1468-2656
"Can the Old Testament provide relevant principles for modern concepts of social justice? Today citing our human rights is used as recourse for anything and everything. Excessive use has corrupted a defining ideal of mankind. Williamson explores the meaning of Old Testament justice to discover its significance for us today. Concentrating on social justice he unearths the value and relevance of the phrase justice and righteousness. Tracing this phrase and its context within and without the pages of Scripture Williamson elaborates an argument that passes from Abraham to Amos. He expounds a biblical ideal that he argues is not rooted in the legalistic Law of Moses, or necessarily an idealized history, but is a concept that is fluid, constructed in an organic appreciation for natural law. Williamson has written an engaging and highly articulate book that exposes the relevance of the Old Testament as a blueprint for a way of life; a mode of living that developed in accordance with the existence of the ancient Israelite. The ideal maintained a form, as derived from natural law, that was applicable to all creeds and ranks, and therefore is potentially relevant for us today."--Publisher's description
In: Pacific affairs: an international review of Asia and the Pacific, Band 10, Heft 2, S. 212
ISSN: 1715-3379
In: International affairs, Band 19, Heft 13, S. 704
ISSN: 1468-2346
In: Pacific affairs: an international review of Asia and the Pacific, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 85
ISSN: 1715-3379
In: Shofar: a quarterly interdisciplinary journal of Jewish studies ; official journal of the Midwest and Western Jewish Studies Associations, Band 25, Heft 3, S. 162-164
ISSN: 1534-5165
In: Social policy & administration: an international journal of policy and research, Band 26, Heft Mar 92
ISSN: 0037-7643, 0144-5596
In: Economica, Band 29, Heft 116, S. 446
In: Social policy & administration: an international journal of policy and research, Band 30, Heft 1, S. 69-85
ISSN: 0037-7643, 0144-5596
In: Military behavioral health, S. 1-11
ISSN: 2163-5803
In: Military behavioral health, S. 1-12
ISSN: 2163-5803