http://ekklesia.co.uk/tags View tagged content by tags en http://ekklesia.co.uk/node/10177 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><p>Bankruptcy is on the increase, says Giles Fraser. There is tragedy in economic brokenness, but also hope. Debt forgiveness has the whiff of salvation and biblical Jubilee about it.</p> </div> </div> </div> http://ekklesia.co.uk/node/10177#comment Economy and Politics News Brief bankrupt credit crunch economics is god bankrupt Giles Fraser Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:39:58 +0100 Giles Fraser 10177 at http://ekklesia.co.uk http://ekklesia.co.uk/node/6015 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-abstract"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><p>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 <em>oikonomia</em> (the management of the household), some different stances on markets, and Ekklesia's own research paper, <strong><a href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/research/280205prosperity">Is God bankrupt?</a></strong> - 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.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><a href="/user/3" title="View user profile.">Simon Barrow</a></div> </div> </div> http://ekklesia.co.uk/node/6015#comment Ecology and Environment Economy and Politics Globalisation and Development People and Power anabaptist bankrupt capitalism Christianity economics fair trade God markets Marx mennonite Research Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:34:10 +0100 Simon Barrow 6015 at http://ekklesia.co.uk