May 2011 by William Saint View article in PDF (optimal for printing) “Globalization has delivered a lot… but it also has a dark side: a large and growing chasm between the rich and the poor. Clearly we need a new form of globalization.”[1] —Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director, International Monetary
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A Prayer of Protest and Solidarity 2008 by Darryl Trimiew This prayer comes from the book edited by Chris Iosso and Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty, Prayers for the New Social Awakening: Inspired by the New Social Creed [Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2008], 38-40, available from www.TheThoughtfulChristian.com. It is republished here
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Aug 2011 (original, 2009) by Nile Harper This article is an abridged version of a case study that appears in the book by Nile Harper, Journeys into Justice: Religious Collaboratives Working for Social Transformation [Minneapolis: Bascom Hill Publishing Group, 2009], 85-109, available from www.journeysintojustice.com and www.amazon.com. It is
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“Programs that serve the common good are bearing the costs” August 3, 2011, Office of the General Assembly, by Sharon Youngs, Communications Coordinator, Louisville [wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””] The Reverend Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), issued a statement on August 3, 2011, in response
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Check out our video: Toward a NEW Social Awakening, The Social Creed The Social Creed of the Churches, endorsed in 1908 by the Federal Council of Churches, was their pledge to work together for a better, fairer and more faithful United States. One hundred years ago, the explosion of
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August 22, 2011 (original 2008) by Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty This article is an updated version of an essay that appears in the book by Rebecca Todd Peters and Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty (eds.), To Do Justice: A Guide for Progressive Christians [Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2008], 1-11, available from www.TheThoughtfulChristian.com. Many
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1908 It is the beginning of the 20th century. The United States has seen rapid industrialization, urbanization, concentration of wealth, and labor rights issues. In response, an ecumenical gathering adopts the 1908 Social Creed of the Churches. 1950s Presbyterians advocate “free collective bargaining in labor-management relations,” calling on Presbyterians to
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August 2011 (original, 2003) by John B. Cobb Jr. and Progressive Christians Uniting This article is an abridged version of the essay that appears in the book by the Reflection Committee of Progressive Christians Uniting, Progressive Christians Speak: A Different Voice on Faith and Politics, ed. John B.
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View article in PDF (optimal for printing) A Social Involvement Report for the 219th General Assembly (2010) Executive Summary In a time of continuing/deep economic recession, our faith gives us strength to face unemployment, poverty, and anxiety—not simply as individuals, but as a community with an ethical memory rooted in
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Managing Editor’s Corner August 19, 2011 by Patrick David Heery [wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””]Take a walk through any American city and you will discover a wide range of sites: gated mansions; cardboard boxes masquerading as homes; children with private tutors and crowded classrooms with decades-old textbooks; factories that produce
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