Justice, Grief, and Christ's Pathways to Wholeness

Name: Justice, Grief, and Christ's Pathways to Wholeness
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ISBN: 9798385257188

James Goddard, John W de Gruchy

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English

Wipf & Stock Publishers
13 February 2026

Christian life & practice; Christian social thought & activity

The current meta crisis--hastening authoritarianism, regional wars, the cost of living crisis, climate collapse, and the Sixth Extinction--confronts Christ followers with trenchant injustice throughout the world. Our context is a moment of prophetic invitation. How can Christians, especially generationally privileged disciples, live out Christ's radical invitation to act justly, love mercifully, and live into authentic wholeness among the marginalized and oppressed, rather than subscribing to faith in Christ from a position of power? In South Africa, for example our story is one of longed-for reparation, to restore what has been stolen and repair what has been broken by apartheid. In our opportunity to heal our wounded history, there is a role for winsome stories, of successes and failures among Christians, who are finding ways into deeper faith--stories of engagement with injustice, trauma, and grief, and discovering with Christ pathways into authentic wholeness. Here, five South African writers integrate autobiography, theology, philosophy, and spirituality, in the hope that our stories may resource faith communities worldwide, and especially the young, who are radically integrating their lives to the pattern of Jesus's justice, grief, and wholeness, to bear peace in a disintegrating world.

Foreword by: John W de Gruchy
Edited by: James Goddard
Imprint: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 308g
ISBN: 9798385257188
Pages: 138
Publication Date: 13 February 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Allen Goddard is a high school history teacher, a post-doctoral fellow in theology in Stellenbosch University, and a homestead vegetable and flower farmer. He lives in Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal with his wife and two sons. One of South Africa's most celebrated theologians, John W. de Gruchy is also a woodworker, with pieces in many churches, schools, and homes throughout the country and abroad. Among his recent books are Confessions of a Christian Humanist and Led into Mystery. He and his wife, Isobel, are members of the Volmoed Christian Community near Hermanus, South Africa, where he writes, gives seminars, and does woodworking, while Isobel paints and writes poetry.

Reviews for Justice, Grief, and Christ's Pathways to Wholeness

""Five white intellectuals explore their experiences with injustice, grief, and Christian discipleship--in and after apartheid--in journeys to greater human wholeness. They reflect on both painful and surprising disruptions and raise searching questions. Many voices are missing, but this collection makes compelling reading and challenges others to follow. Five challenging explorations into loss, disruption, and Christian wholeness."" --Klippies Kritzinger, Emeritus Professor of Missiology, University of South Africa