いのちのことば社
旧約聖書の時代、貧しい人々や寄留者のために残しておかなければならない、とされた「落ち穂」。対立や分断、格差、差別、貧困、孤立がますます深まる現代社会において、社会の「破れ口」に立ち、修復しようとする福祉の試みと聖書が語る福音とを、あらためて考える。月刊「百万人の福音」での連載、単行本化。
著者・訳者など:坂岡隆司
ページ数:128頁
判型:B6判
ISBN:978-4-264-04250-1
オチボヲヒロウ
Gleaning: Social Welfare and the Good News
(Ochibo o Hirou: Fukushi to Fukuin)
Takashi Sakaoka
The Old Testament says we are to leave the gleaning of the harvest for the poor and for the foreigners. God’s design is to bless not only the person picking up the crops but also the person leaving the remains. In this concept we see both social welfare and the Good News intertwined. Today’s society has ever deepening conflict, division, disparity, discrimination, poverty, illness and isolation. The broken pieces of society continue to shatter. So let’s attempt to think afresh about what the Bible says about the Good News and consider how we can restore lives little by little in Christ’s name for people created in the image of God. Includes a way to minister to people applying for refugee status that respects their human dignity. B6* size, 128 pp.