What breaks my heart?
- Violence (including TV violence)
- Poverty: doing something about this by teaching English to the very poor to help them get out of the trap
- Don’t be afraid to seek – be little bit crazy
- Tell the stories
- Mental health problems
- Beggars
- Children suffering
Passion for God = passion for justice
Jubilee principle – can we make it work?
- are we egalitarian in NZ?
Eucharist = peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with Koolaid
= loaves & fishes
Consumer treadmill we are on
If the system gives you power, we don’t want to give it up.
Solid principles of government?!
we don’t learn from history
the pain is denial – we don’t want know the reality of injustice
What is justice? What do we mean?
- Access and share of resources/what we have
- Be fair “do unto others”
- Be prepared to stand up
- Open to the pain of others
- Systemic nature of justice = choice or lack thereof
- Proactive (not passive e.g. equal chance)
- Begins with our own self-esteem
- Includes all creation
Everyday things are important and I can do something about those
We are too individualised and have lost our social concern.
Feeling of helplessness – there is nothing I can do.
Crippling, can’t escape – but we do not need to make ourselves feel guilty but rather make ourselves change!
The little things do count e.g. Miss Memo “deep etiquette” – about integrity
Are there non-peaceful ways to bring justice? (e.g. Just War?)
But how we going about achieving justice is also important
What about “buying peace” – making justice attractive
Distributive or restorative justice – forgiveness needs also to have some recognition of the injustice (e.g. Truth & Reconciliation Commission in South Africa)
Why do victims of injustice often become perpetrators? (e.g. Middle East)
- because we are damaged by violence & injustice
- we need examples of justice to gives us alternative courses of action
Understanding other cultures – different forms of logic and justification
Session Seven notes: Social Justice September 19, 2006
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What breaks my heart?
Passion for God = passion for justice
Jubilee principle – can we make it work?
- are we egalitarian in NZ?
Eucharist = peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with Koolaid
= loaves & fishes
Consumer treadmill we are on
If the system gives you power, we don’t want to give it up.
Solid principles of government?!
we don’t learn from history
the pain is denial – we don’t want know the reality of injustice
What is justice? What do we mean?
Everyday things are important and I can do something about those
We are too individualised and have lost our social concern.
Feeling of helplessness – there is nothing I can do.
Crippling, can’t escape – but we do not need to make ourselves feel guilty but rather make ourselves change!
The little things do count e.g. Miss Memo “deep etiquette” – about integrity
Are there non-peaceful ways to bring justice? (e.g. Just War?)
But how we going about achieving justice is also important
What about “buying peace” – making justice attractive
Distributive or restorative justice – forgiveness needs also to have some recognition of the injustice (e.g. Truth & Reconciliation Commission in South Africa)
Why do victims of injustice often become perpetrators? (e.g. Middle East)
Understanding other cultures – different forms of logic and justification