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Christians around the world are awakening to the Biblical call to ""Do Justice""--but what does that look like in practice? Through a series of compelling and illuminating letters, a renowned philosopher and the founder of a ground-breaking Honduran justice organization draw on decades of personal experience to discuss theology, politics, human nature, and the messiness of making government systems work to defend rights and uphold justice.

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I believe there have been few moments in the history of the church more important than the present for understanding what it means to answer God's call to engage in the doing of justice. Of moving beyond compassion and benevolence to the more challenging work of effecting systemic change. For those who are awakening to this deeper work and have the desire to most effectively pursue it, I know of no better counsel than that of Kurt Ver Beek and Nicholas Wolterstorff. In this single work, these two giants in the field of social justice combine to give us both a solid theological foundation for the work and invaluable insight to the most practical and challenging of questions that arise when the actual engagement begins. If you are a pastor, front line justice leader, student, or person of faith who desires to be one of the brave Christians of our day, I know of no better single resource. --Ray Carter, Executive Director of Chicago Fellowship Much has been written on justice in years of late, but probably nothing as earthy and personal as the set of letters between philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff and Kurt Ver Beek, co-founder of the Honduran organization, Asociacion para una Sociedad mas Justa(ASJ). Through the narrative arc of their own stories and the encounter with justice and injustice around the world, Wolterstorff and Ver Beek give the reader a deeper understanding of the theological undercurrents of justice and a piercing look into what it means to fight for a more just society. Read this as a devotional or as a textbook, either way it will invite you further into a life-transforming discussion. --Ken Wytsma author Pursuing Justice and The Myth of Equality Rooted in decades of firsthand experience and years of reflective study, the letters in Call to Justice contain priceless wisdom and knowledge that will, without a doubt, challenge both how you think about and how you pursue justice. Each page contains some pearl or paragraph of wisdom that we in the contemporary church need to encounter to enliven our imagination for seeking justice today. Whether you are considering your own callings or reflecting on the animating vision that informs how the churches, ministries, and institutions of which you are a part engage God's world, this book will quickly become a trusted companion on your journey. --Kristen Deedee-Johnson, Associate Professor of Theology and Christian Formation at Western Theological Seminary Have you seen a book in whose title appears the word justice and then you read, from start to finish, and it is just about compassion? This is not one of them! I commend Call for Justice: From Practice to Theory and Back to all, but more importantly to: teachers and preachers, because this book is a corrective to distortions of the gospel that are dominant on the Christian landscape; leaders and workers in Christian-based organizations in compassion, development, and justice work, because your understanding and practice will be enriched; to activists for justice, because you will be encouraged to keep hope. It is a powerful book! Simple and yet profound! --Bishop David Zac Niringiye, Senior Fellow with the Institute for Religion, Faith, and Culture in Public Life in Uganda, Visiting Fellow at Fuller Theological Seminary, and author of The Church: God's Pilgrim People

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Nicholas Wolterstorff taught philosophy at Calvin College for thirty years and then, for fifteen years, at Yale University. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a former president of the American Philosophical Association and of the Society of Christian Philosophers. Among the twenty-nine books he has published are Until Justice and Peace Embrace, Justice: Rights and Wrongs, Justice in Love, and Journey toward Justice. Kurt Ver Beek is a professor of Sociology at Calvin College and has lived the past 30 years in Honduras. He and his wife Jo Ann Van Engen direct the Justice Semester in Honduras. Kurt is one of the co-founders of ASJ, a Honduran NGO made up of individuals seeking to be brave Christians making the Honduran government work, especially for the most vulnerable.

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