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ISSN: 2162-2817

Transformational Development: Part 2

A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

TRANSFORMING WORLDVIEWS FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT

YALIN XIN, WCIDJ SENIOR EDITOR

ARNELL MOTZ

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HIDDEN THEMES IN TRANSFORMATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

INTERVENTION INTO AFRICA AND THE MAJORITY WORLD

JIM HARRIES

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A TRANS-NATIONAL ISLAMIC MOVEMENT: A MODEL FOR

TRANSFORMATIONAL DEVELOPMENT?

FRANCIS SMITH

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TRANSFORMATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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INTEGRATING CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEWS INTO HIGHER

EDUCATION IN AFRICA

RODGER SUKH

JOSEPH A. ILORI

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FEMMES, PAUVRET ET INCLUSION DANS LA

TRANSFORMATION SOCIOCONOMIQUE AU NORDCAMEROUN DEPUIS 1990

GUSTAVE GAYE

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CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

ZHONGXIN WANG

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Christianity and Social Justice

Zhongxin Wang

his is a paper originally presented at the

Religion and Justice Conference held in
Alhambra, California, in July 2013. The
conference serves as a platform of scholarly discussion of topics related to Christianity and China.
Among invited speakers were representatives of the
academia in China, with their research reflected
through a spectrum of perspectives biblical, theological, philosophical, and cultural.

Abstract
There is a Chinese idiom saying, See injustice
on the roadside, lend a hand. It basically depicts the
meaning of social justice, which means setting the
record straight, speaking out against injustice and
intervening against wrongdoing. Justice is to fight
against injustice. Therefore, fairness is the center of
concern of justice.

ations of wealthy people and government officials

monopolize opportunities and resources, people
are born into inequality. To understand equality, we
will need to look at this in a bigger picture, and in a
more transcendent perspective.
Christianity believes that God is the creator of
all things, including man. Man, as being created is
fundamentally different with the creator. Man and
God are not equal, because one is the creator, the
other being created. However, equality is achieved
in men (among one another) when men faces the
transcendent God. It means all men are created by
God, which leads to a very important and meaningful idea that everyone is equal under God. Therefore,
the existence of God becomes a foundation and
frame of reference for equality. Leaving God out of
the picture, there is no meaning to equality.

What is fairness? It means equality and justice.

In this world full of inequality, how can we achieve
equality? People often say that men are created
equal. However, in a society where second-generZhongxin Wang, Th.D. Chinese Christian Scholars Association in North America, Boston

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