Topic V – The Just Society
What is God’s Vision of Justice?
7:00 – 8:30 PM, Tuesday Evenings
First Presbyterian Church, Lake Forest
Room 215
Starts Tuesday, 23 September
The Christian Ideas group resumes its weekly discussion sessions on Tuesday, September 23rd. In keeping with this year’s worship theme, readings will focus on social justice – the Christian concept of a just society.
Christian Ideas uses a reading and discussion format. There is a reading schedule, usually about two hours per week, followed by discussions on Tuesday evenings. The readings are selected to span the wide variety of Christian (and some non-Christian) thinking on the theme at hand.
New participants and guests are always welcome.
Please bring a copy of the work to the discussion sessions.
Reading and discussion schedule, subject to adjustment. (Click on the work title for on-line version):
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23 September Introduction and Welcome Back |
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30 September Classical concept of the just society |
Plato, Republic (Book II) |
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7, 21 October (No meeting October 14th) Old Testament concepts |
Deuteronomy 12-26 Isaiah 1-4 |
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28 October, 4 November New Testament concepts |
Matthew 25 Acts (selections) 1 Timothy 1-6 |
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11, 18 November and 2, 9 December Perfect societies? |
More, Utopia Orwell, Animal Farm |
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January 2009 Human rights and their origins |
Hobbes, The Leviathan (Chapters 13-15) Locke, Second Treatise on Government (Chapters 1-5) |
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January – February 2009 Human rights and government |
Jefferson, Declaration of Independence United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
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February – March 2009 Church teachings |
To be selected |