Case studies in justice and mercy
Race and class: Race, class, and the development of criminal justice policy / Marc Mauer
Domestic violence: Complicity or justice and mercy? sexual violence challenges, the criminal justice system, and the churches / Lois Gehr Livezey
Death penalty: Echoes of grace : from the prison to the state house / Ernie Lewis
Sentencing: Recapturing the good, not merely measuring harms : rehabilitation, restoration, and the federal sentencing guidelines / Jonathan Rothchild
Law and society: A place for mercy / Albert W. Alschuler
International law: Why international law matters in God's world / David Scheffer
Critical response to David Scheffer / David Little
Approaches to justice and mercy
Scriptural approaches: Samaritan justice : a theology of "mercy" and "neighborhood" / Matthew Myer Boulton
Political theology approaches: The way of the cross as theatric of counterterror / Mark Lewis Taylor
Critical response to Mark Lewis Taylor / Sarah Coakley
Theological ethics approaches: Criminal justice and responsible mercy / William Schweiker
Phenomenological approaches: Fallibility and fragility : a reflection on justice and mercy / Kevin Jung
Social ethics approaches: Justice and mercy : the relation of societal norms and empathic feeling / Peter J. Paris
Historical theology approaches: Criminal justice and the law of love : reflections on the public theology of Reinhold Niebuhr / W. Clark Gilpin
Critical response to W. Clark Gilpin / William C. Placher
Postscript / William Schweiker.