Informing the future: social justice in the New Testament

Part I: Old Testament roots. Social justice in the Torah

The prophets and social justice

Social justice in the Psalms and wisdom literature

Social revolution in the desert: the Qumran community

Part II: Social justice in the New Testament. Mark: breaking down dividing walls in the Roman Empire

Matthew: the gospel of justice

Luke: theology and praxis of a perpetual jubilee

John: ideal models for new relationships

Paul the Apostle: oneness through diversity

Part III. Social justice in Christian writings of the first three centuries

The United Nations millennium declaration and the New Testament.