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| Series Preface | |
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| Preface | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Introduction: Gaining a Perspective | |
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| Sources of Moral Guidance | |
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| The Problem of Focus: Criminal Justice from the Underside | |
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| The Problem of Faith: Christian Ethics in the Public Arena | |
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| The Goal and Limitations of This Study | |
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| The Arena of Saving Justice: The Justice of God in Paul and Jesus | |
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| Paul's Gospel of Divine Justice | |
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| Justice at the Heart of the Gospel | |
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| Divine Justice as Restorative Justice | |
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| Justification by Faith as Restorative Justice | |
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| Redemptive Solidarity, Not Penal Substitution | |
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| Jesus as the Justice of God | |
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| Forgiveness of Offenders | |
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| The Stance of Nonretaliation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Punishment That Fits: The Purpose and Ethics of Punishment | |
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| The Debate over Criminal Punishment | |
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| The Rehabilitation Theory | |
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| The Deterrence Theory | |
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| The Retributivist Theory | |
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| Other Approaches | |
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| Restorative Punishment? | |
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| Punishment as the Pain of Taking Responsibility | |
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| Punishment as Symbol and Invitation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Vengeance Is Mine: Divine and Human Punishment in the New Testament | |
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| Punishment by Human Agency | |
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| Punishment in Society | |
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| Punishment in the Church | |
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| Punishment by Divine Agency | |
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| Historical Judgment | |
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| Final Judgment | |
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| Summary | |
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| Justice That Kills: Is There a Place for Capital Punishment? | |
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| Capital Punishment in the Bible | |
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| The Death Penalty in the Old Testament | |
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| The Death Penalty in Early Judaism | |
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| The Death Penalty in the New Testament | |
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| A Critique of Biblical Arguments in Support of Capital Punishment | |
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| Genesis 9:4-6 | |
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| Pentateuchal Law | |
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| New Testament Material | |
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| Summary of the Biblical Arguments | |
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| A Critique of Other Arguments for Capital Punishment | |
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| The Need for Moral Boundaries | |
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| A Deterrent to Serious Crime | |
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| The Demands of Justice | |
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| Protection of the Innocent | |
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| Summary | |
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| Conclusion: Forgiveness as the Consummation of Justice | |
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| Summary of Findings | |
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| Imitatio Christi--Imitatio Dei | |
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| The Nature and Task of Forgiveness | |
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| What Is Forgiveness? | |
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| What Forgiveness Is Not | |
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| The Dynamics of Forgiveness | |
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| Forgiveness and the Justice System | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index of Scripture References | |
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| Index of Modern Authors | |
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| Index of Subjects | |