INT70 4 - The Global Economy:Theological & Biblical Perspectives on Wealth and Poverty

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Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School

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Melanie A. May/Anthony J. Ricciuti Today's global economy operates with economic assumptions and values that differ from and conflict with biblical and theological understandings of economy. This conflict often leads congregations and denominations into preaching a theological message of caring for the poor, marginalized and dispossessed, while engaging in practices that are said to create poverty, marginalizations and dispossession. After exploring various theological interpretations of the present form of globalization and engaging in Bible study, the course will focus on concrete issues around which the conflict in world views leads individual Christians and the Church into areas of ambiguity and concern. Course participants will then discuss individual and corporate strategies for practice that will help close the gap between what we preach and what we practice.

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3.00

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www.crcds.edu

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(585) 271-1320

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Semester

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