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L'opposition richesse-cupidité : lors d'un colloque en Tanzanie, les Eglises feront part de leurs préoccupations concernant l'éthique de la croissance économique

A partir de quel moment la recherche du bien-être économique se transforme-t-elle en cupidité ? Cette question fait partie de celles qui seront discutées lors d'un colloque oecuménique qui se tiendra du 5 au 9 novembre à Dar es-Salaam. On en attend des stratégies et des actions communes des Eglises en vue de traiter l'ensemble des problèmes relatifs à la pauvreté, à la richesse excessive et à la dégradation de l'environnement en Afrique.

22 October 2007
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The study process on poverty, wealth and ecological debt

The purpose of this paper is to spell out a framework for the proposed study and its envisaged outcomes for use of staff, researchers and the World Council of Churches (WCC) Reference Group on poverty, wealth and ecology. At the 9th General Assembly of the WCC held in Porto Alegre in 2006, it was proposed during the Ecumenical Conversation that had focused on "the scandal of poverty" that churches and partners in the ecumenical movement embark on such a study process to address the dearth of reflections and analysis on wealth and how wealth creation is related to poverty and ecology.

01 October 2007
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Latvia and Estonia: post-communist challenges demand new responses from the churches

Perseverance, a cardinal virtue that enabled them to survive decades of Soviet domination, is "no longer enough" for Estonian churches confronting "a newly materialistic and in many ways a 'post-Christian' culture". This view of the current context and challenges to the country's churches was shared by World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia with Estonian church leaders in the country's capital, Tallin, on Friday 1 June.

04 June 2007
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Geneva 1966 - ethical challenges still relevant today

The World Council of Churches' (WCC) participation in debates on social and economic issues remains as relevant and necessary in the 21st century as it was when canvassed at the World Conference on Church and Society, Geneva 1966, according to speakers at a 40th anniversary colloquium in Geneva today.

05 September 2006