scholarly journals Amos' Call for Social Justice in Amos 5:21-24: A Model for Prophets in The Apostolic Church LAWNA, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Godwin Olutayo Akintola
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Eighth Century ◽  
Faith Community ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Main Thrust ◽  
Social Oppression ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Modern Context ◽  
Apostolic Church

The book of Amos, particularly his message on social justice, has been of great interest in scholarship in recent times. However, the extent to which social justice issues manifest in the text and how they relate to modern context have not been fully explored. Following a careful reflection on the call for social justice in Amos 5:21-24 and informed by a justice-denying Nigerian context, could the theme of social justice, as reflected in the preceding text, inspire the prophets of The Apostolic Church LAWNA to proclaim a liberating and empowering message to the powers that be (political establishment), in solidarity with the poor and marginalised people of Nigeria? This concern is the main thrust of this article. Over the years, not only has the book of Amos become an inspiration for contemporary struggles against social oppression and injustice, the life and ministry of the prophet himself has become a model for pastors/prophets and crusaders of justice and righteousness today. In view of the prevailing social injustice and oppression in the Nigerian society, can the present-day prophets of The Apostolic Church LAWNA Nigeria be called upon to be as fearless as the eighth-century BCE Israelite prophets were, in raising their voices both within and outside the faith community to demand for a right andjust society?

scholarly journals ENTREPRENEURSHIP DAN PERLINDUNGAN ANAK

AdBispreneur ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 211
Author(s):  
Nurliana Cipta Apsari ◽  
Meilanny Budiarti Santoso ◽  
Sahadi Humaedi ◽  
Santoso Tri Raharjo ◽  
Budhi Wibhawa
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Interview Technique ◽  
Poor Family ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Families With Children ◽  
The Village

ABSTRACT     The rights of children from poor family and geographically unfortunate is violated due to limited access. Assisting families to overcome the access limitation by entrepreneurship is an effort for child protection. The study was conducted at Genteng Village to families with children between 0-18 years old using qualitative methode with in-depth interview technique. The result shows that geographically, the village is located in remote area with limited and unsmooth rocky road. The number of children in the village is high, however the education facilities are not sufficient. The majority of the parents work as farmers which the daily expenses are often greater than the income. These conditions made the children in the village vulnerable of receiving social injustice thus entrepreneurship can be endorsed in addressing poverty in the area. The entrepreneurship potential in the village such as cooperation and various farmers group are supported to enhance the earner of the members to decrease the poor family thus the children can escape from the poverty. Keywords: Entrepreneurship, child protection, social justice   ABSTRAK     Anak dari keluarga miskin dan secara geografis terisolasi mendapatkan ketidakadilan sosial karena keterbatasan akses. Mendekatkan akses atau membantu mengurangi kesenjangan yang dialami keluarga dengan kegiatan kewirausahaan adalah usaha perlindungan anak. Penelitian dilakukan di Desa Genteng kepada orang tua dengan anak usia 0-18 tahun dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan teknik wawancara mendalam. Hasil penelitian menemukan lokasi geografis jauh dari pusat keramaian dengan jalan berkelok dan berbatu. Jumlah anak cukup tinggi, namun fasilitas pendidikan minim. Orang tua mayoritas bertani dengan pengeluaran cenderung lebih banyak daripada pendapatan. Keadaan ini membuat anak di Desa Genteng rawan mendapatkan ketidakadilan sosial, sehingga kewirausahaan menjadi cara mengatasi kemiskinan. Potensi kewirausahaan seperti koperasi, dan kelompok tani teridentifikasi dapat meningkatkan pendapatan di Desa Genteng, sehingga anak-anak dapat terlepas dari rantai kemiskinan. Kata kunci: Kewirausahaan, perlindungan anak, keadilan sosial

Health Research: A Tool for Social Justice and the Poor

1998 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sitaleki A Finau
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Research Funding ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Rich

Health research can, and must, contribute to the alleviation of social injustice and powerlessness and their consequences. In so doing, it needs to ensure that the poor are healthy, productive and happy (that is, they can enjoy the fruits of their productivity). Poverty, unemployment and low health status are symptoms of deprivation borne of powerlessness. Therefore, health research that empowers the researched must address their poverty, unemployment as well as vulnerability to diseases. This can be achieved through their participation in the research funding process. The appropriate participatory research design must allow the poor and deprived to participate in research design, implementation, analysis, and dissemination of information. Such an approach is essential in order to avoid studying the poor to enrich the wealthy. Experiences with, and examples of, health research have demonstrated the consequences of ignoring the need to place the well-being of the researched at the centre of analysis. These have resulted in career advantages for the researchers and the manipulation of results without social justice for the researched. Research has also lead to monetary responses to deprivation without addressing the social and economic inequalities accompanying powerlessness. A shift in the centre of analysis could precipitate different results and actions. It would enable the poor to study the rich to learn how to become wealthy and achieve social justice.

Entre o amor e a soberba: o conceito de justiça do livro XIX do “Sobre a Cidade de Deus”, como chave de interpretação do amor ao próximo no “Comentário à Primeira Epístola de São João” de Agostinho

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 23-41
Author(s):  
Ricardo Evangelista Brandão
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Unconditional Love ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Love Of Neighbor

Starting from the concept of justice in Book XIX of De civitate Dei, especially whatjustice is "to give to each one what is his", we will investigate the extent to which the love (dilectio) worked in the Commentary on the First Epistle of St. John can be interpreted as social justice. Considering that this Epistle is one of the hardest texts of the collection of love for the Christian in the New Testament, Augustine understands the consequences of abundance and lack of love in an eminently social way, since through love it is impossible to be insensitive before the misery of social injustice, which makes so many miserable. Thus, vera justitiawould be demonstrated by unconditional love of neighbor, not allowing his neighbor to be in miser. However, this aid, moreover, cannot translate into a constant dependence between the aided and the helper, for when this situation of dependence if it is perpetuated, the aided one naturally will nourish a feeling of superiority before the aided one, and the latter will think himself inferior to that which assists him. Sothat the love demonstrated by true justitiais configured in an emergency to get the poor from misery, and continuous rite, to work so that it acquires autonomy and dignity

Enhancing racial equity in LIS research by increasing representation of BIPOC

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-256
Author(s):  
Charles R. Senteio ◽  
Kaitlin E. Montague ◽  
Bettina Campbell ◽  
Terrance R. Campbell ◽  
Samantha Seigerman
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Health Inequity ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Racial Equity ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Partners ◽  
Racial Injustice

The escalation of discourse on racial injustice prompts novel ideas to address the persistent lack of racial equity in LIS research. The underrepresentation of BIPOC perspectives contributes to the inequity. Applying the Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach meaningfully engages BIPOC to help guide LIS investigations that identify evolving needs and concerns, such as how systematic racism may contribute to social justice issues like environmental and health inequity. Engaging with BIPOC, using the CBPR approach, can help address racial equity in LIS because it will result in increased racial representation which enables incorporation of the perspectives and priorities of BIPOC. This shift to greater engagement is imperative to respond to escalating attention to social injustice and ensure that these central issues are adequately reflected in LIS research. The discipline is positioned to help detail the drivers and implications of inequity and develop ways to address them. We underscore the importance of working across research disciplines by describing our CBPR experience engaging with BIPOC in LIS research. We highlight the perspectives of community partners who have over two decades of experience with community-based LIS research. We offer lessons learned to LIS researchers by describing the factors that make these initiatives successful and those which contribute to setbacks.

From learning to labour to custody for the precariat

Ethnography ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 531-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ove Sernhede
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Young People ◽  
Crucial Importance ◽  
Compulsory School ◽  
High Rise ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Large Groups

The globally reported riots in the poor high-rise suburbs of Sweden’s metropolitan districts in 2013 were stark manifestations of the increased social and economic inequality of the past 30 years. Large groups of young adults acted out their unarticulated claims for social justice. In the light of the riots, it is relevant to ask whether any trace of resistance or protest can be found in the compulsory school where the young people from these neighbourhoods spend their days. The ethnography sampled for the article comes from two public schools in two poor, multi-ethnic, high-rise neighbourhoods on the outskirts of Gothenburg. The article argues that the theoretical and methodological concepts and perspectives developed by Willis still is of crucial importance to any investigation aimed at understanding the presence or absence of resistance in contemporary Swedish schools.

scholarly journals Social exclusion: re-examining its conceptual relevance to tackling inequality and social injustice

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (9/10) ◽  
pp. 600-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive Sealey
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
It Value ◽  
Significant Difference

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to rationalise the continued conceptual utility of social exclusion, and in so doing addresses the prevailing question of what to do with it. This is relevant from social exclusion’s declining relevance in contemporary UK social policy and academia, where its consideration as a concept to explain disadvantage is being usurped by other concepts, both old and new. Design/methodology/approach – The paper analyses criticisms of limitations of social exclusion which have typically centred on the operationalisation of the concept, but the author will argue that there are distinctive operationalisation and conceptual strengths within social exclusion which make it value-added as a concept to explain disadvantage. Specifically, there will be an analysis of both New Labour’s and the present Coalition government’s conceptualisation of the term in policy in relation to work. Findings – The analysis highlights the significant difference that a focus on processes rather than outcomes of social exclusion can make to our understanding of inequality and social injustice, and locates this difference within an argument that social exclusion’s true applied capabilities for social justice requires a shift to a conceptualisation built on the processes that cause it in the first place. Originality/value – The paper acts as a rejoinder to prevailing theoretical and political thinking of the limited and diminishing value of social exclusion for tackling disadvantage. In particular, the paper shows how social exclusion can be conceptualised to provide a critical approach to tackling inequality and social injustice, and in doing so foregrounds the truly applied capabilities of social exclusion for transforming social justice.

scholarly journals KONSEP HAK MILIK DALAM EKONOMI ISLAM

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-207
Author(s):  
AN Ras Try Astuti ◽  
Andi Faisal
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Economic System ◽  
The Other ◽  
Private Ownership ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The World ◽  
Joint Ownership ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Individual

Capitalism as an economic system that is implemented by most countries in the world today, in fact it gave birth to injustice and social inequalityare increasingly out of control. Social and economic inequalities are felt both between countries (developed and developing countries) as well as insociety itself (the rich minority and the poor majority). The condition is born from the practice of departing from faulty assumptions about the man. In capitalism the individual to own property released uncontrollably, causing a social imbalance. On the other hand, Islam never given a state model that guarantees fair distribution of ownership for all members of society, ie at the time of the Prophet Muhammad established the Islamic government in Medina. In Islam, the private ownership of property was also recognized but not absolute like capitalism. Islam also recognizes the forms of joint ownership for the benefit of society and acknowledges the ownership of the state that aims to create a balance and social justice.

scholarly journals Eroded Rule of Law, Endemic Violence and Social Injustice in Brazil

Lexonomica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-242
Author(s):  
Mitja Kovač ◽  
Marcela Neves Bezerra
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Crime Rate ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Prison System ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Weak Rule

Modern Brazil is plagued by social and economic inequalities, endemic violence, crime, and a weak rule of law. Once these narratives become dependent on each other, all aspects must be worked on to change the scenario the country is facing: insecurity, fear and a lack of opportunities. This paper argues that the unprecedented rise of social injustice in Brazil is not the result of short-term measures but is part of its history marked by economic and social inequalities extending from its colonial past until today and the deficient policies on crime that emerged in the mid-1990s. Moreover, the current massive incarceration, overcrowding of prisons combined with the absence of human living conditions is turning the prison system in Brazil into a gigantic, perpetual school of crime. Investment in education that directly helps to lower the crime rate must be aligned with a new, less repressive and more inclusive punitive policy so as to induce criminals not to return to their unlawful ways. It is suggested that Brazil can only properly develop if efficient legal institutions, the rule of law, and criminal sanctioning based on the principles of social justice are available to all citizens.

scholarly journals “To Evangelize the Poor”

Lumen et Vita ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-28
Author(s):  
James E. Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
The Poor

In this essay, I will examine the scriptural basis for Origen’s interpretation of Luke 4:18-19 as an allusion to Jesus’ identity as savior, not as a call to social justice. I argue that this interpretation is consistent with the intentions of the gospel writer. The essay begins with an analysis of the gospel writer’s redaction of Mark 1 in Luke 3-5. Based on that redaction, I hypothesize that Luke intends to emphasize Jesus’s identity with the anointed one mentioned in Isaiah 61:1-2. This excerpt from Isaiah not only gives Luke 4:18-19 its Christological significance but also clarifies Luke’s understanding of poverty in relation to the Gospel. I then examine Origen’s application of the Lucan passage for his pastoral purposes. To conclude, I suggest that we, like Luke and Origen, read Scripture Christocentrically in order to better facilitate the church’s encounter with Christ during the liturgy.  

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