"[By] Ronald Preston, Malcolm Brown, Rachel Jenkins, Tony Addy".
"The Spring 1994 Gresham Lectures in Divinity presented in association with The William Temple Foundation and organised jointly with Sion College".
"Copyright Gresham College and The William Temple Foundation 1994". -- verso of t.-p.
Includes bibliographical references.
"William Temple died in October 1944, after only two years as Archbishop of Canterbury but having been a leading advocate of a practical Christian social ethic for most of his ministry. His commitment to working out the method and content of the churches' social witness not only gave him a public prominence enjoyed by few clerics, but became a major contribution to the direction of post-war social policy in Britain. Even more enduring has been Temple's role in shaping the principles and processes of the churches' (and not just the Church of England's) engagement with society up to the present day. Yet despite the durability of the post-war consensus, we live in a very different intellectual and political climate to that which Temple initiated. Fifty years after his death, Temple's influence on ideas and practice is worth celebrating -- but just as important is the task of reassessing Christian social thought and action in the contemporary context. The four pieces that follow were originally delivered as the Gresham Lectures in Divinity, presented by Gresham College in association with The William Temple Foundation, and organised in conjunction with Sion College where they were delivered in Lent 1994". -- Intro.
Contents: Introduction dated March 1994 / The William Temple Foundation -- William Temple: The Man and His Impact on Church and Society / Ronald Preston -- Work and Unemployment: The Church in the Moral Minefield / Malcolm Brown -- Values in Conflict: People of Principle Under Pressure / Rachel Jenkins -- Britain, The World Economy and the Churches / Tony Addy -- The Contributors -- The Participant Organisations.
Text of the sermon preached by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury at the 60th Anniversary of Christian Aid, held in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England, on 26 April 2005. "The reading we have heard [Paul's second letter to Corinth] puts allChristian giving, all aid and nurture in this context. We are commanded to act in this way so that God will become visible and people will give thanks. We are to live in covenanted trustworthiness and to share all we have so that others may be more free and more fully capable of joy in God. We are not just solving problems but reshaping a whole world of feeling and perceiving -- `not only supplying the needs of God's people, but also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God'." "Here, then, is the charter of Christian Aid: as an agency of the churches, its task is not simply to meet certain needs but to help shape a particular kind of world -- one in which trust seems natural because people understand about acting for each other's interests, acting to secure the place of others in the same process of giving and receiving". The Dutch economist Jan Pronk has commented on "fair" and "free" trade. "His judgement is that in the long term `free trade' promises greater benefits, but in the middle term its costs are immense unless there are clear mechanisms for compensation -- unless the benefits are put to work for all". "If Christian Aid and other faith-based bodies have a role here, it is surely to make certain that the costs are clearly understood, and that those who carry the greatest costs have a voice in negotiating how those costs are to be managed without the Catch-22 risk of long term damage from spiralling social disintegration or polarisation".
"Introduction by the Rev. Canon Ronald H. Preston".
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: Foreword / Edward Heath -- Introduction : Thirty-five Years Later; 1941-1976 / Ronald Preston -- Prefatory Note to the First Edition / William Ebor [i.e. Temple] -- What Right has the Church to Interfere ? -- How should the Church Interfere ? -- Has the Church claimed to Intervene before ? -- Christian Social Principles: (a) Primary -- Christian Social Principles: (b) Derivative -- The Natural Order and the Priority of Principles -- The Task before us -- Appendix: A Suggested Programme -- Notes.
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"Christian people in all Communion, in most countries, are keenly aware of changing social and economic conditions. This fact is signalized by pronouncements of Church leaders. Such statements flow from a proper understanding of the gospel and of Christian doctrine. That is the reason and justification for Christian concern. Christianity is intended to affect life and the conditions of life. Sometimes, and in some places, the Church has not been keenly enough interested. Today, in revulsion against pagan revolutionary movements, the Church is forced to think of these matters. As well, too, she is interested in the good life for all, as part of the pattern of the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven. ....
We have been asked to publish the most relevant sections of our recent Annual Report in Bulletin form, this making them available for study group purposes. .... Perhaps the most useful booklet in this field published during 1942 was `Christianity and Social Order' by the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is obtainable from the G.B.R.E. Department, 604 Jarvis Street, Toronto, at 25 cents.
It should be noted that this document below does not place the Church on the side of any particular economic system. Nor do the `Statements' by Archbishops, Popes or Church courts or Church Commissions do so. ....
The great need today is that the mass of people, not merely a few leaders, may come to understand these problems and come to a common will upon their solution. The greater need, however, is that they view them in the light of a Christian truth. Then only is the common will likely to be directed towards true ends. This is the people's day. We hope it will be a Christian people's day.
Extremely pertinent to the social scene today is the Statement on Church and Labour. Church people should understand more of the aspirations and aims of Organized Labour and should be able to read those aims intelligently into the needs of Industry as a whole and into the needs of the workers and consumers of the world, organized or unorganized, as a whole". -- Editor's Note, p. [1].
Contents: Editor's Note / W.W. Judd -- Part 1 : Church and Social Order -- Part 2 : Church and Labour -- Part 3 : The Church and the World of Affairs -- Pertinent New Books in Council's Library.
Part 3 consists of two parts: The Special Task of the Church / William Temple [Text of an address delivered in Albert Hall, 26 September 1942] -- The Archbishop and The Banks / W.G. Peck (From The Malvern Torch, November 1942)
"This collection of essays has been produced about the same time as HM Government's second White Paper on international development, `Eliminating World Poverty: Making Globalisation Work for the Poor' which was published in December 2000. It has been designed to be read alongside the White Paper offering comments from distinctively Christian points of view on many of the issues raised in it." -- Intro. p. xiii.
"How can governments, international organizations and civil society work together to ensure that globalization works to the advantage, rather than the detriment, of the world's poor ? This question remains central to recent debates about globalization. Looking at diverse areas such as international development, world trade, HIV/AIDS and e-commerce, this collection of essays helps Christians to grapple with the complexity of globalization and what it means to be Christian in a global context." -- back cover.
Contents: Contributors -- Foreword / Tom Butler, Bishop of Southwark, Chair, Board for Social Responsibility -- Introduction / Humphrey Taylor, Bishop of Selby, Chair, International and Development Affairs Committee -- Globalization and the Church : an overview / Ian Linden -- The Role of the Church in overseas development / Kevin Ward -- General Synod and international development : the triumph of hope over experience / Charles Reed -- The UK's aid programme / John Montagu -- HIV/AIDS : a window on development / Gillian Paterson -- The Environment : treading more lightly on the earth / David Gosling -- The Role of business in development / Peter Malcolm -- Corruption : good governance vs Corruption Incorporated / Karl Ziegler -- Trade / Jennifer Potter -- Global Institutions / Claire Melamed -- The Silent word still speaks : globalization and the interpretation of Scripture / Peter Selby -- The World Faiths Development Dialogue : an interfaith response to poverty and development in an age of globalization / Wendy Tyndale -- Addressing exclusion in an urbanizing world / Andrew Davey -- The Role of British mission agencies and dioceses in international development / Mark Oxbrow -- Christian Aid and the Church of England : partners in development / Daleep Mukarji.
"[T]he pieces in this book (all 'occasional' -- given as sermons or addresses or lectures) are all a mixture of observation, explorations and arguments about some troubling and/or exciting aspects of our lives in the world joined together with references or broader argumentation drawn from the Bible and Christian tradition". -- Preface.
Contents divided into three parts: Part One: Politics, Economics and Industry -- Part Two: Faith in the City -- Part Three: God and the Future.
Contents: Preface: The Way In -- Part One: Politics, Economics and Industry -- 1. The Cost of Hope -- 2. The Necessities and the Limits of the Market -- 3. Why an Industry Year ? -- 4. The City of London, 1987 -- Part Two: Faith in the City -- 5. Christian Doctrine: The Challenge to and from Poverty -- 6. The Church, the Inner City and the Wilderness -- 7. Faith in the City -- Part Three: God and the Future -- 8. The God of Freedom and the Freedom of God -- 9. Prospects for Peace -- 10. How Green is Our Future ?
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"[T]he pieces in this book (all 'occasional' -- given as sermons or addresses or lectures) are all a mixture of observation, explorations and arguments about some troubling and/or exciting aspects of our lives in the world joined together with references or broader argumentation drawn from the Bible and Christian tradition". -- Preface.
Contents divided into three parts: Part One: Politics, Economics and Industry -- Part Two: Faith in the City -- Part Three: God and the Future.
Contents: Preface: The Way In -- Part One: Politics, Economics and Industry -- 1. The Cost of Hope -- 2. The Necessities and the Limits of the Market -- 3. Why an Industry Year ? -- 4. The City of London, 1987 -- Part Two: Faith in the City -- 5. Christian Doctrine: The Challenge to and from Poverty -- 6. The Church, the Inner City and the Wilderness -- 7. Faith in the City -- Part Three: God and the Future -- 8. The God of Freedom and the Freedom of God -- 9. Prospects for Peace -- 10. How Green is Our Future ?
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"A report of the Development Affairs Committee, Board for Social Responsibility, General Synod of the Church of England".
Bibliography: p. 40.
"The Development Affairs Committee offers this report as background study, both to the debate in Synod and the wider debate beyond. .... We have it within our power to remove the scourge of hunger from the world. The solution must be appropriate and long-term and it must involve governments as well as individuals. The factors involved are complex and it is even possible for countries which need help to act against their own best interests. Good people will disagree about the right action to be taken and simplistic solutions could make things worse. However, the time has come for a civilized world no longer to tolerate degrading conditions of famine, just as 150 years ago it decided no longer to tolerate slavery. The Churches pressed people to take the Brandt Report seriously. They can keep the development issue in the forefront only if they advocate it in an informed and alert way. The whole matter must be taken beyond charity." -- Intro.
Contents: Introduction / Philip Goodrich (Bishop of Worcester) -- The Need / Charles Elliott -- The Response / Charles Elliott -- The Biblical Imperative / Charles Elliott -- The Church of England's Involvement and the 1 Per Cent Appeal / Peter Haynes and Catherine Price -- 1 Per Cent Appeals in Other Denominations / John Reardon -- What is to be Done ? / Charles Elliott -- Appendices.
At head of title: The Archbishop of York's Conference, Malvern.
"Edition for Study".
"In this Edition the findings of the Malvern Conference are reprinted without any change except in the matter of arrangement and editorial headings. There is no change in the actual text. The rearrangement is made to facilitate group study by gathering together all paragraphs belonging to the main divisions adopted for study purposes". -- p. [1].
"On the following pages will be found a series of propositions which may be taken as the upshot of the 'Malvern Conference'. .... These are now put forward as focussing the general trend of those discussions and as starting points, both for further discussion and for definite Christian action on the part of either groups or individuals". -- Introductory Note.
Contents: Introductory Note dated January 28th 1941 / William Ebor i.e. William Temple, Archbishop of York -- I. The Challenge -- II. Life of the Church (A): Principles -- III. Life of the Church (B): Recommendations -- IV. The Order of Society (A): Christian Principles -- V. The Order of Society (B): A Challenge to Present Practice -- VI. The Order of Society (C): Practical Recommendations -- Appendix (From "The Times", Saturday December 21st, 1940.): Foundations of Peace: A Christian Basis: Agreement Among the Churches / Cosmo Cantuar i.e. Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury; A Cardinal Hinsley, Archbishop of Westminster; Walter H. Armstrong, Moderator, Free Church Federal Council; William Ebor i.e. William Temple, Archbishop of York.
Text dated January 10th 1941 and "Signed on behalf of the Conference: William Ebor" i.e. William Temple, Archbishop of York, on p. 13.
"The papers included in this volume were presented to the Conference held in January 1941, and commonly known, from its place of meeting, as the Malvern Conference. The aim of that Conference was to consider how far the Christian faith and principles based upon it afford guidance for action in the world of to-day. Accordingly the papers delivered as a basis for discussion were predominantly theological in the wider sense of the term -- the sense which it bears in the title of St. Thomas Aquinas' 'Summa Theologica' For we were more concerned to find the right starting point, and so to lay down sound principles, than to draw up anything resembling a political programme. ....The findings of the Conference were printed as early as possible, and can be obtained from the office of the Industrial Christian Fellowship ... They are not reprinted in this volume because it is thought that they may tend to draw attention to themselves and away from the arguments developed in the paper; or one or another may be associated with unwarrantable closeness with one or another of the papers. The object of this volume is to let a wider circle share the thoughts actually presented at Malvern; in other minds they may leader to other conclusions, or to a different balance of conclusions". -- Intro.
Contents: Introduction dated May 16th, 1941 / William Ebor i.e. William Temple, Archbishop of York -- Document A -- Document B -- The Scene of the Conference / Bernard Causton -- Opening Address / William Ebor i.e. William Temple, Archbishop of York -- Section A Document A: Questions 1 and 2 -- The Essential Nature of the Problem / W.G. Peck -- War: the Upshot of Peace / M.B. Beckitt -- Section B Document A Questions 1, 2, 3, 4 --- The Church's Responsibility / D.L. Sayers -- Revelation and Social Justice / D.M. Mackinnon -- Section C Document A Questions 1 and 2 -- Christian Strategy / V.A. Demant -- Section D Document B -- Practical Questions I / Richard Acland -- Practical Questions II / Kenneth Ingram -- Section E Document A Questions 1 and 2 -- The Leadership of the Church / J. Middleton Murray -- The Christian Conception of Education / T.S. Eliot -- A Review of the Conference / The Archbishop of York i.e. William Temple -- Appendix: List of Members.
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