Category - Globalisation

Hearing hope through the babble

Simon Barrow — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:47:31 +0100

Globalisation constructed as top-down control and the triumph of the powerful needs to be disrupted by a different and gentler logic, says Simon Barrow. But will we choose Pentecost or Babel?

Scrap farm export subsidies, says Swiss theological ethicist

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:32:48 +0100

Agricultural export subsidies in rich countries which destroy local food production and the income of poor farmers in the global South need to be withdrawn to alleviate the world food crisis, says ethicist and priest Christoph Stückelberger.

Welcoming migrants is not optional, says world church body

agency reporter — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:16:47 +0100

Migration is a fact of life, an instinct to survive and an inevitable consequence of globalization - something we can neither turn our backs on it nor control, declared a statement of participants at a faith-led public hearing in Beirut.

The New Politics of Identity

Jordan Tchilingirian — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:04:32 +0100

Start: 29/04/2008 - 18:30

The panel will discuss Bhikhu Parekh’s new book, A New Politics of Identity (Palgrave, March 2008) covering the impact of globalisation on ethnic, religious and national identities.

Tony Blair accepts Yale position on faith and globalisation

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:57:07 +0000

Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, has accepted a one-year position at Yale University in which he will participate in a course examining issues related to religious faith and globalisation.

Fair trade shows that ordinary people can bring change

Press Office — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:21:39 +0000

The religion and society think-tank Ekklesia, which actively backs Fair Trade initiatives as part of its work in exploring alternative economic and social policies, says that the just trade movemen

Globalisation is reshaping the church, says WCC chief

staff writers — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:19:57 +0000

New expressions of Christianity, the growing prominence of the global South, the impact of globalization and increasing religious diversity are radically changing the shape of the church says the head of the world's largest church body.

Globalisation, catholicity and justice

associate writer — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:01:30 +0000

Eucharistic sharing and the development of goods in community can help to reshape what we mean by globalisation in a divided and unequal world, says a recent consultation of three Christian Communions.

Churches say eucharistic vision offers an alternative form for globalisation

agency reporter — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:32:58 +0000

Three Christian traditions have prepared a joint statement saying that their shared Eucharistic vision is an ethical one through which "our churches may seek to transform the dehumanizing effects of economic, social, and cultural globalization."

European church leaders deplore missed climate change opportunities

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:33:08 +0000

The fight against climate change has been marked by broken promises and missed opportunities, say three European bishops in a letter to political leaders gathered at the United Nations-led talks on the Indonesian island of Bali.