Friday 2 December 2011

Jim Wallis: "terrific" faith & finance resource


Jim Wallis - founder of Sojourners and spiritual adviser to President Obama - has given a warm endorsement to the Contextual Theology Centre's resource pack on faith and the financial crisis:
Bless you for doing this pack. It looks terrific... The protestors are creating space for conversation, so why don't we enter that space and have that conversation with them? Christians have Biblical principles and historical practices - we can help restore the balance that's gone terribly wrong. We can play a critical role to restore some balance to an economic system that's been skewed to the wealthy and powerful against the poor. We can change this. The young people are offering us a chance - let's not be afraid. Let's have a dialogue and play our prophetic role in the issues they're raising. 
Angus Ritchie (Director of the Centre and co-author of the pack) has been reflecting in the Church Times on how faithful Christian witness on these issues can be strengthened and not diluted by engagement with other faiths - in An Advent call to act on the debate about money