Muslims and Christians Debate Justice and Love - David L. Johnston
Justice as Respect for Human Rights
Muslims and Christians Debate Justice and Love - David L. Johnston
David L. Johnston [+]
Fuller Theological Seminary
David L. Johnston is an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, and teaches at St Joseph's University. He is the author of Earth, Empire and Sacred Text: Muslims and Christians as Trustees of Creation (Equinox, 2010) and translator of Rachid Ghannouchi’s al-Hurriyat al-‘amma fi-l-dawla al-islamiyya (The Public Freedoms in the Islamic State) in the series World Thought in Translation (Yale University Press).
Description
Beginning with a case-study of justice in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, this chapter delves into the theory of justice, first as it relates to law, and then in the philosophy of Nicolas Wolterstorff. The clash between justice as right order (Plato) and justice as individual rights (starting with the Church Fathers) then leads to a survey of justice in the Hebrew Bible.