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Communion, responsibility, accountability : responding as a Lutheran communion to neoliberal globalization / edited by Karen L. Bloomquist on behalf of the Lutheran World Federation-- a communion of churches, Department for Theology and Studies, Office for the Church and Social Issues.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: LWF documentation ; no. 50 | Lutheran World Federation documentation ; no. 50.Publication details: Geneva, Switzerland : Lutheran World Federation, c2004.Description: 290 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 3905676435 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 261.85 Com 2004
LOC classification:
  • BR115.E3 C65 2004
Contents:
What has been said. A. The LWF joins a wider process of critique. Engaging economic globalization as a communion : a working paper of the Lutheran World Federation (2001) -- Toward an economy in the service of life : a report of an ecumenical journey -- European perspectives on economic globalization -- A feminist critique of free market economics / Julie A. Nelson -- What will happen to Kenya's sugar producers / George Arende -- B. How we in the LWF are affected. Voices from some LWF member churches -- Economic globalization as experienced by the poor in India / Chandran Paul Martin -- Debt and trade from a Latin American church perspective / Juan Abelardo-Schvindt -- Hearing from LWF field programs -- Youth perspectives : "Transformation through participation" -- Youth perspectives : unplugging unemployment -- C. Commitments the LWF has made. A call to participate in transforming economic globalization -- "For the healing of the world" : excerpts from the 2003 LWF Assembly message -- Deepening the theological, pastoral, and ethical reflections. A. Communion as a basis for ecclesial resistance. Ecclesial entry points : communique of an ecumenical consultation (2002) -- Some relevant Lutheran theological emphases / Wolfram Stierle -- "Let the children come" : a baptismal sermon / Ren| Kr|ger -- Communio and a spirituality of resistance / Cynthia Moe-Lobeda -- Rehearing Colossians 1:15-20 in a context of global consumerism / Brian J. Walsh -- Neoliberal globalization : a casus confessionis? / Guillermo Hansen -- B. Responsibility in economic life. Pursuing neighbor-love through economic activity : a statement from an LWF Consultation (2004) -- Nurturing responsibility in a congregation / Sandra Bach and Susanne Edel -- On the theological added value of money : "Make friends through the unjust mammon" / Wolfram Stierle -- The UN global compact : a web of social responsibility? / Elisabeth Gerle and Kerstin Sahlin-Andersson -- International business and the formation of social capital / Stewart Herman -- C. Accountability of governments and the public realm. Reclaiming the vocation of government : a statement from an LWF Consultation (2004) -- Churches and the vocation of government in Africa / Fidon R. Mwombeki -- Government concessions and the good of its citizens? : a Liberian case study / T. Jerry M'bartee Locula -- Stewards of the public commons : a vocation for government and church / David Pfrimmer -- Economic globalization and human rights / Peter N. Prove -- D. An ecclesial ethic in a globalized world. Communion, responsibility, accountability / Karen L. Bloomquist.
Awards:
  • 261.85 Com 2004
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What has been said. A. The LWF joins a wider process of critique. Engaging economic globalization as a communion : a working paper of the Lutheran World Federation (2001) -- Toward an economy in the service of life : a report of an ecumenical journey -- European perspectives on economic globalization -- A feminist critique of free market economics / Julie A. Nelson -- What will happen to Kenya's sugar producers / George Arende -- B. How we in the LWF are affected. Voices from some LWF member churches -- Economic globalization as experienced by the poor in India / Chandran Paul Martin -- Debt and trade from a Latin American church perspective / Juan Abelardo-Schvindt -- Hearing from LWF field programs -- Youth perspectives : "Transformation through participation" -- Youth perspectives : unplugging unemployment -- C. Commitments the LWF has made. A call to participate in transforming economic globalization -- "For the healing of the world" : excerpts from the 2003 LWF Assembly message -- Deepening the theological, pastoral, and ethical reflections. A. Communion as a basis for ecclesial resistance. Ecclesial entry points : communique of an ecumenical consultation (2002) -- Some relevant Lutheran theological emphases / Wolfram Stierle -- "Let the children come" : a baptismal sermon / Ren| Kr|ger -- Communio and a spirituality of resistance / Cynthia Moe-Lobeda -- Rehearing Colossians 1:15-20 in a context of global consumerism / Brian J. Walsh -- Neoliberal globalization : a casus confessionis? / Guillermo Hansen -- B. Responsibility in economic life. Pursuing neighbor-love through economic activity : a statement from an LWF Consultation (2004) -- Nurturing responsibility in a congregation / Sandra Bach and Susanne Edel -- On the theological added value of money : "Make friends through the unjust mammon" / Wolfram Stierle -- The UN global compact : a web of social responsibility? / Elisabeth Gerle and Kerstin Sahlin-Andersson -- International business and the formation of social capital / Stewart Herman -- C. Accountability of governments and the public realm. Reclaiming the vocation of government : a statement from an LWF Consultation (2004) -- Churches and the vocation of government in Africa / Fidon R. Mwombeki -- Government concessions and the good of its citizens? : a Liberian case study / T. Jerry M'bartee Locula -- Stewards of the public commons : a vocation for government and church / David Pfrimmer -- Economic globalization and human rights / Peter N. Prove -- D. An ecclesial ethic in a globalized world. Communion, responsibility, accountability / Karen L. Bloomquist.

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