An eminent Christian philosopher’s thought on the relation between love and justice The concepts of love and justice have long been prominent in the moral culture of the West, yet they are often considered to be hopelessly at odds with one another. In this book acclaimed Christian philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff shows that justice and love are indeed perfectly compatible, and he argues that the commonly perceived tension between them reveals something faulty in our understanding of each. True benevolent love, he says, is always attentive to justice, and love that wreaks injustice can only ever be “malformed love.” Charitably engaging alternative views, Wolterstorff’s Justice in Love is a welcome companion and follow-up volume to his magnificent Justice: Rights and Wrongs (Princeton, 2010). profound new paths of philosophical inquiry. As opposed to his expansive discussion of justice in that earlier work, this book focuses in profound new ways on the relation between justice and love. “Nicholas Wolterstorff’s Justice: Rights and Wrongs is a magisterial book. In it and in its smaller forthcoming companion volume Justice and Love, Wolterstorff has gotten justice right. This, in case the thrust of my terse comment wasn’t plain enough, is very high praise.” — Miroslav Volf in Books and Culture
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“For the past three decades Nicholas Wolterstorff has crafted a devastating philosophical critique of and a bracing Christian alternative to John Rawls’s Theory of Justice. In this exquisite new book of political theology, he tours the perennially contested questions of eros and agape, rule and equity, discipline and mercy, responsibility and forgiveness, justice and righteousness. Learned, judicious, strikingly innovative, and crystal clear, this book has all the marks of yet another Wolterstorff classic in the making.”
— John Witte Jr.
Emory University
“Nicholas Wolterstorff’s Justice: Rights and Wrongs is a magisterial book. In it and in its companion volume, Justice in Love, Wolterstorff has gotten justice right.”
— Miroslav Volf in Books and Culture
— John Witte Jr.
Emory University
“Nicholas Wolterstorff’s Justice: Rights and Wrongs is a magisterial book. In it and in its companion volume, Justice in Love, Wolterstorff has gotten justice right.”
— Miroslav Volf in Books and Culture
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Nicholas Wolterstorff is Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology at Yale University and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. Before coming to Yale he was Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for thirty years. His many books include Reason within the Bounds of Religion, Art in Action, Until Justice and Peace Embrace, Lament for a Son, Divine Discourse, and and Justice: Rights and Wrongs.
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8 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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There are books meant to be read quickly. Other books are meant to be "lived" in. These are books which challenge your fundamental convictions. They are those which require heavy lifting mentally. Yet, it is precisely because of all these things that make such books rich and important reading.
Nicholas Wolterstorff is Professor Emeritus in Philosophical Theology at Yale and a Senior Fellow at the University of Virginia. To put it colloquially, he's one smart dude. Dr. Wolterstorff is involving himself in a significant discussion that has involved people from every level of academic achievement: what do justice and love have to do with one another. Primarily, his question involves Christians. As followers of Christ, how are we to understand both love and justice. Are they compatible or mutually exclusive? Are they synonymous or different, yet complementary? These are tough questions. Good answers require a strong mind.
I plan to "live" in this book for a while. Yet, during my pre-reading and subsequent speed-reading I can already tell that this book is well-writtern. His argument follows an intuitive pattern and makes sense. However, it is a very dense book. I would not recommend this book for a general audience. The language can be technical and the ideas complex. But, it is appropriate since much of the chapters where originally presented as lectures at a number of universities and seminaries. Additionally, this title is included in the Emory University Series in Law and Religion. It is not meant to be light reading.
Despite the complexity that does not mean that there is much to learn. I read a few chapters slowly and received much by way of mental stimulation and challenged assumptions. This book is a thoughtful and helpful tour through a difficult subject. His expertise as an educator and scholar is evident throughout. Additionally, he models responsible scholarship by exploring the ideas of other scholars and then skillfully demonstrating the deficiencies in their arguments. He confronts ideas, not persons - that is what a scholar is to do. I plan on living in this book for a while. I plan on learning much from it.
NOTE: In accordance with the regulations of the Federal Trade Commission, I would like to state that I have received the aforementioned title for the purposes of review. I was not required to furnish a positive review
Nicholas Wolterstorff is Professor Emeritus in Philosophical Theology at Yale and a Senior Fellow at the University of Virginia. To put it colloquially, he's one smart dude. Dr. Wolterstorff is involving himself in a significant discussion that has involved people from every level of academic achievement: what do justice and love have to do with one another. Primarily, his question involves Christians. As followers of Christ, how are we to understand both love and justice. Are they compatible or mutually exclusive? Are they synonymous or different, yet complementary? These are tough questions. Good answers require a strong mind.
I plan to "live" in this book for a while. Yet, during my pre-reading and subsequent speed-reading I can already tell that this book is well-writtern. His argument follows an intuitive pattern and makes sense. However, it is a very dense book. I would not recommend this book for a general audience. The language can be technical and the ideas complex. But, it is appropriate since much of the chapters where originally presented as lectures at a number of universities and seminaries. Additionally, this title is included in the Emory University Series in Law and Religion. It is not meant to be light reading.
Despite the complexity that does not mean that there is much to learn. I read a few chapters slowly and received much by way of mental stimulation and challenged assumptions. This book is a thoughtful and helpful tour through a difficult subject. His expertise as an educator and scholar is evident throughout. Additionally, he models responsible scholarship by exploring the ideas of other scholars and then skillfully demonstrating the deficiencies in their arguments. He confronts ideas, not persons - that is what a scholar is to do. I plan on living in this book for a while. I plan on learning much from it.
NOTE: In accordance with the regulations of the Federal Trade Commission, I would like to state that I have received the aforementioned title for the purposes of review. I was not required to furnish a positive review
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I am very interested in social justice,and I thought this book would be useful in enhancing my understanding.
The author is a brilliant philospher, and I suspect that specialists in this field will find it enthralling. I found it somewhat tedious and wordy. I struggled through over 200 pages and have put it aside for another attempt later on. The author seems to be very interested in justifying his positions, and does that very well, but I would appreciate a book that got to the point more quickly.
The author is a brilliant philospher, and I suspect that specialists in this field will find it enthralling. I found it somewhat tedious and wordy. I struggled through over 200 pages and have put it aside for another attempt later on. The author seems to be very interested in justifying his positions, and does that very well, but I would appreciate a book that got to the point more quickly.
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