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Is crime a faith issue?

Church Council on Justice and Corrections, Jim
June 4, 2015

Source: Ottawa, Canada: Church Council on Justice and Corrections.

Some people may consider crime to be essentially a socio-political issue, with faith having little role to play in understanding it or devising a response to it. In this short piece, the Church Council on Justice and Corrections states fundamental reasons why crime is truly a faith issue. Those reasons primarily have to do with the harm caused by crime to people, relationships, and communities, with the subsequent need for people and communities to experience healing and restoration, spiritually and materially

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