Secular-Christian Social Justice: Climate, Race, and Gender in the Twenty-First Century

Explores the Christian-theological foundations of modern social justice movements and how they've shaped contemporary debates on climate, race, and genderFrom Pope Francis's call to "repent for ecological sins" to murals depicting George Floyd in the Virgin Mary's arms, Christian motifs have permeated contemporary justice discourse.In Secular Christian-Social Justice, legal scholar Noa Ben-Asher investigates the often-hidden theological foundations of seemingly secular social justice movements, exploring how climate, racial, and gender justice are fundamentally animated by Christian themes and values. Combining critical legal theory, theology, feminist and queer thought, and cultural analysis, Ben-Asher demonstrates that contemporary social justice movements operate through four distinctly Christian theological frameworks: apocalyptic worldviews that frame social crises as existential battles between good and evil; trauma-centered narratives that mirror Christian concepts of grace and