Sight-Seeing: When working for justice can lead us away from Jesus
NILS VON KALM sounds a warning about doing works of justice while remaining “comfortably distant” from love…
Biden administration finalises rule on religious liberty protections
United States RNS Nine agencies of the Biden administration have finalised a new rule that officials say will improve religious freedom by protecting the rights of beneficiaries of social services funded by the government. In particular, the rule will affect those receiving help from the many social service providers that are faith-based and will ensure […]
Essay: Fifty years after the Uruguay coup, why so few people have been brought to justice for dictatorship crimes
Latin American scholar FRANCESCA LESSA, in an article first published on The Conversation, says that despite very limited justice for dictatorship-era atrocities in Uruguay, hope may be on the horizon…
In the US, Baptist Joint Committee gains faith and justice centre, grows religious liberty work
United StatesRNS The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty is acquiring the Center for Faith, Justice, and Reconciliation in a move its leaders say will help them broaden efforts to support a more universal range of religious freedoms in the country. The 87-year-old coalition of 15 Baptist denominations, including both predominantly Black and white Baptist […]
Race against the clock for Germany’s top Nazi hunter
Ludwigsburg, GermanyReuters Germany’s top Nazi hunter, Thomas Will, is hopeful of securing further convictions over the Holocaust even as the remaining suspects, many now in their late 90s, die. Will told Reuters that he has handed over five cases to local prosecutors in Germany that he believes still have a chance of going to trial. […]
Sight-Seeing: The beauty of justice and the justice of beauty
JO KADLECEK, of Baptist World Aid Australia, looks at how the Prophet Isaiah defines both justice and beauty – and why it matters…
Sight-Seeing: Faith and true crime – the morals of writing about seekers and grisly deaths
True-crime writer MARK I PINSKY, in an article published on Religion News Service, says the Bible offers an “ethical lens” through which to judge modern wrongdoing, and the nature of justice…
Sight-Seeing: When justice becomes personal
Rev STEVE WOODS, a church relationship manager with Baptist World Aid Australia, reflects on how, once he saw this broken world through the lens of God’s call to justice, he can longer be a spectator…
Music: Justin Bieber’s ‘Justice’ – smooth vocals with a higher goal.
MARCUS CHEONG listens to Justin Bieber’s album, ‘Justice’…
Sight-Seeing: Of terror and testimonies – living through the Derek Chauvin trial
DANTÉ STEWART, in an article which comes via Religion News Service, reflects on the trial that this week has led to a guilty verdict for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin over the death of George Floyd…