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 »
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, some of the core principles the church has tried to uphold in relation to money lending are the victims of a perverse reversal… 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 »
Whether it’s your first mission trip outside the United States, or your fifth, you have choices about how you witness, and how you understand the realities of what you encounter…. Read more »
In a time of continuing, deep economic recession, our faith gives us strength to face unemployment, poverty, and anxiety – not simply as individuals, but as a community with an… Read more »
The 220th GA (2012) adopted this resolution in response to economic crisis and the underlying distorted value system that has taken hold, spreading reckless consumerism, deep insecurity and extreme inequalities… Read more »