{"product_id":"becoming-just-poems-that-explore-commitment-to-justice-for-all-paperback","title":"Becoming Just: Poems That Explore Commitment to Justice for All - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eS. T. Kimbrough\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJackson W. Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in this collection ask--How can we become just people? What is human justice? Is there a justice that is equal and\/or appropriate for all human beings? How can an individual in action, speech, and behavior be just? How does one think of oneself as just in interaction with others? These poems also address prevalent injustices to children and of society's frequent denial of its responsibility to them, the privileged and the underprivileged. Further, how do we wish to live in a society--isolated, completely independent, self-centered? Living in a society implies association with others. How do we wish to relate to others? The poems query: how will the governments under which we live initiate and execute just rule and governance for all citizens? The book concludes with a lyrical case study of apartheid, especially in Israel that claims to be a democracy. Some of the poems acknowledge that the US's democracy has failed in many ways and has an ongoing need of recovering the principles of justice and equality. Americans know well the meaning of ethnic cleansing in their own land. The poems here make no claim at successful resolutions to the issues raised. They do point to the ongoing need of repentance for wrongs done, and for steering a steady course to guarantee the rights of freedom and justice for all people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eS T Kimbrough Jr. holds a PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary and is currently a research fellow of the Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina, and he has taught on leading faculties in the US (Princeton, New Brunswick, Wesley [Washington, DC], Drew University) and abroad (Bonn University [Germany]). He is author of many books by Wipf and Stock, including: \u003ci\u003eThe Lyrical Theology of Charles Wesley; Radical Grace: Justice for the Poor and Marginalized\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePartakers of the Life Divine: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eParticipation in the Divine Nature in the Writings of Charles Wesley; May She Have a Word with You? Women as Models of How to Live in the Writings of Charles Wesley\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Theology of the Sacraments as Interpreted by John and Charles Wesley, \u003c\/i\u003eand twelve books of poetry. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 154\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48290484977913,"sku":"9781666750331","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TEbubhBHM89781666750331.webp?v=1776283885","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/becoming-just-poems-that-explore-commitment-to-justice-for-all-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}