Includes bibliographical references and index.

On the genesis of the alliance between the Bible and rights / Yvonne Sherwood -- Rough justice? / Philip Davies -- Is the belief in human rights either biblical or useful? / John Sandys-Wunsch -- Jesus : the justice of God / Stanley Hauerwas -- Justice and violence in the priestly utopia / Walter J. Houston -- A signs source : approaching deaf biblical interpretation / Louise J. Lawrence -- From a reconstruction and development programme (RDP) of the economy to the RDP of the soul : public realm biblical appropriation in postcolonial South Africa / Gerald West -- The Old Testament and the environment / J.W. Rogerson -- Ecojustice in the Bible? : Pauline contributions to an ecological theology / David G. Horrell -- Can the Book of Revelation be a gospel for the environment? / Simon P. Woodman -- "I have always relied on the kindness of strangers" : hospitality and the Geneva Conventions of ancient Israel / Diana Lipton -- Prophets to profits : ancient Judah and corporate globalization / Matthew J.M. Coomber.