In this episode, Daniel and Jen have a conversation with Anton Deik, a Palestinian Bible scholar, about the biblical understanding of justice and its relationship to mission and evangelism. Anton challenges the prevailing understanding among some Christians that social and political issues are not part of the gospel, and provides a compelling biblical case for the interconnectedness of justice with faith and spirituality, particularly through the ministry of Christ and the Great Commission.
Anton Deik is a Palestinian Christian from Bethlehem, and is a member of the networking team and board of directors of the International Fellowship for Mission as Transformation, lecturer in Biblical Studies with Bethlehem Bible College, and research associate with the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence in the United Kingdom. He is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Aberdeen where he researches biblical and Graeco-Roman conceptions of justice.
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Show Notes:
Blood Brothers, Elias Chacour
Justice and Only Justice: A Palestinian Theology of Liberation, Naim Ateek
Faith in the Face of Empire: The Bible Through Palestinian Eyes, Mitri Raheb
World Upside Down: Reading Acts in the Graeco-Roman Age, C. Kavin Rowe