Category - Marx

Towards an economy worth believing in

Simon Barrow — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:34:10 +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', published in 2005. A brief update has been included relating to the 2008 credit crunch / banking crisis.

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Revisiting Marx: is Marxism still relevant?

Jordan Tchilingirian — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:02:34 +0100

Start: 18/11/2008 - 18:30

End: 18/11/2008 - 20:00

This event brings together leading social and political thinkers to debate the contemporary meaning and relevance of Marx's legacy on the occasion of the republication of The Communist Manifesto, with

Sacked South African health minister inspired by Quaker values

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:22:49 +0100

To be a member of the pacifist Society of Friends (Quakers) and a member of the South African Communist Party may seem contradictory to some of her compatriots. But Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, until recently South Africa's deputy health minister, sees no anomaly.

Is Marx's gospel a dead letter?

Simon Barrow — Wed, 16 May 2007 09:14:08 +0100

Responding to Pope Benedict's strictures on Marxism and the Christian message, Jordan Tchilingirian, researcher for the religious thin-tank Ekklesia, commented today that peoples’ views of Marx