Category - capitalism

Giving Voice to the Earth

Jordan Tchilingirian — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:11:22 +0100

Start: 26/07/2008 - 09:00

End: 26/07/2008 - 19:00

A day conference, organised by Peace Brigades International UK, will explore threats to biodiversity and climate change presented by deforestation, pollution and mono-crop cultivation.

Unravelling blood, oil and prophets

Spencer Dew — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:01:14 +0100

The bludgeoning conclusion of Paul Thomas Anderson's much-lauded, Oscar-nominated film "There Will Be Blood," which has recently been released on DVD, features a preacher forced to renounce his faith in God and admit charlatanry. Spencer Dew investigates.

Travel Light: Following Jesus in a Consumer Culture

Jordan Tchilingirian — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:37:11 +0000

Start: 01/03/2008 - 10:00

End: 01/03/2008 - 15:00

The Breathe Conference aims to equip and inspire us to live well for Christ in a consumer culture.

Challenging the neo-liberal paradigm

Simon Barrow — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:34:46 +0000

In a provocative short article in the International Herald Tribune newspaper, Phillip Blond argues that the dominant neo-liberal model of global economy is in crisis, and that both the political right and the political left have failed to understand the nature of the challenge this embodies.

Economic growth and solutions to climate change ~ are they compatible?

Jordan Tchilingirian — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:52:47 +0000

Start: 21/11/2007 - 18:30

Are solutions to climate change being hijacked by the pervading pro-economic growth mindset of our time?

Summary: An economy worth believing in

Simon Barrow — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:34:10 +0100

A paper summarising some recent interventions from faith bodies on the debate about economy, globally and locally. It also highlights the historic links between Christian thought/action and oikonomia (the management of the household), some different stances on markets, and Ekklesia's own research paper, Is God bankrupt? - a response to a British and Irish churches' report on 'prosperity with a purpose'.

Simon Barrow

Pope says selfishness with money and capitalism are not the only way

staff writers — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:25:12 +0100

At his appearance to say prayers at the Apostolic Palace of Castelgandolfo, Pope Benedict has spoken of the 'blind selfishness' that can result from an over-preoccupation with money. He says capitalism is not the only valid economic system.

German Protestant warns churches against being kidded by capitalism

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:38:00 +0100

An East German Protestant who played a big role in the movement that led to the end of communism and the Berlin Wall in 1989, has warned against the church becoming seduced by the "friendly embrace" of capitalism.

London Rally to Send a Message to the G8 and Tony Blair

Jordan Tchilingirian — Tue, 22 May 2007 11:45:04 +0100

Start: 02/06/2007 - 10:30

Come to London on 2nd June to send Tony Blair off to Germany with our voices ringing in his ears.

The theological legacy of the slave trade

David Ford — Tue, 15 May 2007 17:36:09 +0100

David Ford says that slavery is still very much alive, and that the systems and ideas that underpin it also challenge the church's deep collusion with racism - and its unwillingness to be grasped by the Gospel.