Let's Restore a Biblical View of Justice

The American philosopher John Rawls once observed that “Justice is the first virtue of social institutions.” How the world undertakes justice is how it will shape politics. But what is Justice? How can we retrieve a Biblical understanding of it? Dan Philpott joins us.Further Reading How the Bible’s Justice Can Revive Our JusticeGuest InfoDaniel Philpott is Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. He earned his Ph.D. in 1996 from Harvard University and specializes in religion and global politics, focusing on religious freedom, reconciliation, the political behavior of religious actors, and Christian political theology. His books include Revolutions in Sovereignty (Princeton, 2001), God’s Century: Resurgent Religion in Global Politics (Norton, 2011, coauthored with Monica Duffy Toft and Timothy Samuel Shah), Just and Unjust Peace: An Ethic of Political Reconciliation (Oxford, 2012) and Religious Freedom in Islam: The Fate of a Universal Human Right in the Muslim World (Oxford, 2019). Currently he is writing a book that sets forth a political theology based on a Christian concept of justice. He has revived his Arc of the Universe blog, which can be found on Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit avemariapm.substack.com