The study and recommendations present a theological analysis based in Scripture and our Reformed heritage, particularly that of John Calvin, of the secular market assumptions at work in the church,… Read more »
The Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) is tasked to study matters of Christian conscience within and outside the church and to recommend measures that reflect the values and… Read more »
This report is one of four study papers, commissioned in order to better understand the human consequences of globalization. It attribues the current acceleration of globalization to corporate mergers and… Read more »
Just and sustainable human development is the comprehensive enhancement of the quality of life for all, present and future; it necessarily involves the integration of economic, social, political, cultural, ecological,… Read more »
In its broadest sense, globalization refers to the rapid growth of linkages and interconnections between nations and social communities which make up the present world system. Thus, any meaningful discussion… Read more »
Globalization and Culture addresses the cultural exchanges that accompany the globalization of markets with the expansion of financial systems, means of communication, movements of people and radical changes in global… Read more »
Economic globalization promises increasing material affluence to those who adopt its assumptions. Opponents discount the promises claiming that they are realized by only a few and includes environmental degradation. For… Read more »
Globalization and international trade are realities of today’s world. In this report, globalization is defined as the process by which people, nations, and economies throughout the world become ever more… Read more »
In 1952, the PCUSA Assembly urged a “. . . greater emphasis upon free collective bargaining in labor-management relations,” and that Presbyterians “. . . participate more actively in management… Read more »
