Social Justice
The Salvation Army believes that all people are made in the image of God and that each person has value. In light of scripture and our heritage The Salvation Army commits itself to the upholding of Social Justice in all societies and between societies.
What is Social Justice?
Social Justice is found when a society enables all its members to participate in and have access to the social, cultural, political and economic resources that define a normative way of life for that society.
Social justice is absent when groups of people within a society are excluded from or have very limited access to social, cultural, political and economic resources, compared to the majority of that society.
Social Justice is related to, but is wider than, human rights. People may have their human rights respected and upheld, but still be excluded from participating in or accessing the resources of their society.
Social Justice is about fairness:
in our dealings with other people.
in the way responsibilities are shared.
in the distribution of income, wealth and power in society.
in the social, economic and political structures we have created.
in the operation of those structures so that all members of society are able to be active and productive participants
