Thinking Christianly About Equality

Justice, Equality, and Human Rights are all hotly contested topics in Europe and across the world today. This three-part series explores the biblical view of justice and the biblical foundations for equality. It looks at the ways in which Christians contributed to the development of human rights. It seeks to understand the ideas about human nature and human fulfilment underlying the ways in which justice, equality, freedom, and human rights are being distorted and weaponised today. You should leave this seminar with more confidence in the Christian vision for a good society.

Creation and the imago Dei, the Fall, universal sinfulness, and the offer of salvation are foundations for equality in the West, and Christ powerfully demonstrates the Christian message of equality. In the first part of this series, we discuss these claims and explore why equality of status does not equate to approval or endorsement of all lifestyles and behaviours as equally healthy, right, and wise.