Human Rights & Human Wrongs: Major Issues for a New Century

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Part 1. Christians in a Non-Christian Society -- 1. Involvement: Is It Our Concern? -- Evangelical Heritage of Social Concern -- Reasons for "The Great Reversal" -- Church and Politics -- Biblical Basis for Social Concern -- Practical Action -- 2. Complexity: Can We Think Straight? -- Christian Mind -- Reality of God -- Paradox of Our Humanness -- Future of Society -- Appendix on Postmodernity -- 3. Pluralism: Should We Impose Our Views? -- Imposition -- Laissez-Faire -- Persuasion -- Examples of Persuasion by Argument -- Political Systems -- 4. Alienation: Have We Any Influence? -- Salt and Light -- Prayer and Evangelism -- Witness and Protest -- Example and Groups -- Part 2. Global Issues -- 5. Wars and Rumors of Wars -- Contemporary Realities -- Theological and Moral Reflections -- Call for Nuclear Disarmament -- Questions and Qualifications -- Christian Peace-Making -- 6. Our Human Environment -- Reasons for Environmental Concern -- Biblical Perspective -- Conservation Debate -- Contemporary Awareness -- 7. North-South Economic Inequality -- Brandt Commission Reports -- Debt and Development -- Principle of Unity -- Principle of Equality -- Personal and Economic Deductions -- 8. Human Rights -- Human Rights Violations -- Concern for Human Rights -- Human Dignity -- Human Equality -- Human Responsibility.