Justice and Faith: Individual Spirituality and Social Responsibility in the Christian Reformed Church of Canada is a two-year, collaborative project seeking to more fully understand the relationship between justice and faith in the CRC, and to encourage and enable CRC people to embrace justice as an integral aspect of Christian faith and life.
This project is a partnership between the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA), the Centre for Philosophy, Religion and Social Ethics (CPRSE) at the Institute for Christian Studies, and the Centre for Community Based Research (CCBR), and adopts principles of community-based research.
The Justice and Faith project asks three main research questions:
- How is the relationship between justice and faith currently understood and practiced in North American (especially Canadian, evangelical) Christianity?
- To what extent is doing justice a priority in the faith lives of CRC congregants?
- How can CRC people be best mobilized to embrace justice as an integral part of Christian faith and life?
Data has been collected using key informant interviews, a representative survey of CRC members, and a literature review. Interim findings have been published in September 2014 and are available here. Further analysis will take place throughout the second year of the project, including several ways to include feedback and analysis from Christian Reformed members and others. More information about the project, methods and timeline can be found in the Project Description and Workplan.
Information about project progress and findings is shared regularly with project stakeholders by email, and can also be found on the Updates and Articles page. We invite your input, feedback and dialogue about the project, its process and findings at any time; visit the Get Involved page to learn more.
This project builds on the work of the Justice and Faith Pilot Project (executive summary; full report).