Love in Action and the New Jim Crow Paul Louis Metzger's Concept of Biblical Relational Advocacy Applied to a Post-COVID Revisiting of Mass Incarceration and Racism |
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| Author:
| Luce, Joseph |
| ISBN: | 979-8-3859-0077-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2023 |
| Publisher: | Independently Published
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $3.99 |
Book Description:
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This small and very introductory booklet seeks to promote advocacy and compassionate involvement in the lives of people groups in crisis or in need. Because advocacy requires caring about the disheartened and the oppressed, then the place where advocacy for the incarcerated intersects advocacy for crime victims is an excellent starting point - especially in view of controversy over societal power structures that shape incarceration and criminal law enforcement. This booklet utilizes...
More DescriptionThis small and very introductory booklet seeks to promote advocacy and compassionate involvement in the lives of people groups in crisis or in need. Because advocacy requires caring about the disheartened and the oppressed, then the place where advocacy for the incarcerated intersects advocacy for crime victims is an excellent starting point - especially in view of controversy over societal power structures that shape incarceration and criminal law enforcement. This booklet utilizes key advocacy concepts promoted by seminary professor and civil advocate Paul Louis Metzger in order to illustrate that effective advocacy requires advocating alongside people in need.