Scripture and Social Justice: Catholic and Ecumenical Essays [Hardcover]

The essays gathered here provide a panoramic view of current thinking on biblical texts that play important roles in contemporary struggles for social justice  either as inspiration or impediment. Here, from the hands of an ecumenical array of leading biblical scholars, are fresh and compelling resources for thinking biblically about what justice is and what it demands. Individual essays treat key debates, themes, and texts, locating each within its historical and cultural settings while also linking them to the most pressing justice concerns of the twenty-first century. The volume aims to challenge academic and ecclesiastical complacency and highlight key avenues for future scholarship and action.

Anathea E. Portier-Young is associate professor of Old Testament at Duke Divinity School and author of the acclaimed Apocalypse against Empire: Theologies of Resistance in Early Judaism.

Gregory E. Sterling is Reverend Henry L. Slack Dean and Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament at Yale Divinity School. He is the editor of the Philo of Alexandria Commentary Series and the Studia Philonica Annual.

[This] volume is powerful and appropriate for the scholar and layperson alike. Anyone interested in scripture, and its eye for justice, will enjoy and profit from the read. Reading Religion

The bringing together of these voices, the often creative synthesis, and the rendering of a number of interesting framings, some stimulated by the realities of Trump-era divisive politics in the United States, make [the book] a valuable reading for those contemplating the continuing relevance of the Bible as a basis for social justice praxis in the contemporary world. The Catholic Biblical Quarterly

This volume is a witness not only to Donahues enduring legacy to the field of biblical studies but also to the importance of scripture in the task of approaching social justice today. Each chapter serves to remind the reader of the fundamentallË