This collection of essays examines how God’s justice and mercy intersect in the lives of individuals and their communities, with a view to the establishment of personal and social well-being in the world. The authors, drawn from England and Australia, approach the theme from a variety of methodological and interdisciplinary perspectives. Theological, exegetical, historical, healthcare, moral, and visual arts approaches are brought to bear in an investigation relevant for the identity and mission of the church in a world characterized by cycles of revenge, the perpetration of injustice, and the marginalization and persecution of various ethnic groups. The practical outcome of these studies has wide-ranging relevance for our attitudes toward indigenous peoples, the well-being of single and married people, healthcare throughout the ages, the spiritual care of people (including those suffering dementia), the personal experience of trauma, issues of moral judgement, and the abiding value of the creative arts.
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Professor James Harrison is the Director of Research at Sydney College of Divinity and an Honorary Associate of Macquarie University Ancient History Department. He is author of two monographs on Paul (Mohr Siebeck), the co-editor of New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity Volume 10 (Eerdmans), and the editor of E.A. Judge’s Collected Augustan and New Testament Essays (Mohr Siebeck). His articles are widely published in books and international journals. He is a New Testament social historian, with strong interests in the historical Jesus and Second Temple Judaism, as well as the apostle Paul in his Graeco-Roman context.