Why Social Justice Is Not Biblical Justice
An Urgent Appeal to Fellow Christians in a Time of Social Crisis
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Narrated by:
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Tyler Boss
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Scott Allen
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Prepare yourself to defend the truth against the greatest worldview threat of our generation.
In recent years, a set of ideas rooted in postmodernism and neo-Marxist critical theory have merged into a comprehensive worldview. Labeled “social justice” by its advocates, it has radically redefined the popular understanding of justice. It purports to value equality and diversity and to champion the cause of the oppressed.
Yet far too many Christians have little knowledge of this ideology, and consequently, don’t see the danger. Many evangelical leaders confuse ideological social justice with biblical justice. Of course, justice is a deeply biblical idea, but this new ideology is far from biblical.
It is imperative that Christ followers, tasked with blessing their nations, wake up to the danger, and carefully discern the difference between biblical justice and its destructive counterfeit.
This book aims to replace confusion with clarity by holding up the counterfeit worldview and the Biblical worldview side-by-side, showing how significantly they differ in their core presuppositions. It challenges Christians to not merely denounce the false worldview, but offer a better alternative - the incomparable Biblical worldview, which shapes cultures marked by genuine justice, mercy, forgiveness, social harmony, and human dignity.
©2020 Scott David Allen (P)2020 Scott David AllenThe obsessive proof-texting and lack of internal logic throughout makes the book hard to follow and displays how the author’s theological biases, biblical illiteracy, and thinly-veiled political commitments predispose him to discount the depth of God’s love for the poor and Christ’s critique of the social injustice they face. Christianity, like Christ, is against social injustice! Not social justice!!
Justice is inherently relational, and cannot be anything but social. God’s grace, love, and mercy are seen in all forms of justice. Unfortunately, Allen seems unable to distinguish his own prejudice, or unbiblical ideologies, from foundational biblical truth. Sadly, this failure has resulted in a harmful and sadly unChristian book!
For a more thoughtful and thorough treatment of justice in all its richness, see A Theology of Liberation by Gustavo Gutiérrez (also available on Audible), or Alasdair MacIntyre’s Whose Justice? Which Rationality?
And… better still, don’t just seek orthodox understanding; live orthopraxy — be like Christ, and be the change you want to see in the world. (I.e. Love God and love others!)
All justice is social
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