'A vision of enough'
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article39932
- Author
- Folkins, Tali
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2016 December
- Author
- Folkins, Tali
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2016 December
- Volume
- 142
- Issue
- 10
- Page
- 1, 10
- Notes
- "On October 18 [2016], an Anglican Church of Canada task force released 'On the Theology of Money', a report calling the faithful to embrace a 'vision of enough' when it comes to material wealth. Many Christians in the 21st century are torn between their faith, which teaches that hoarding wealth is wrong and that Christians should support each other, and an economic system that values individualism, limitless growth and commodification, says the Rev. Maggie Helwig, a priest in the diocese of Toronto and member of the task force. Using biblical texts, early church teaching, contemporary theology and political theory, Helwig's essay 'Non nobis, Domine' (Not to us, Lord) provides the main substance of the report, a result of two years of research, reflection and study" (p. 1, 10). "Helwig's essay acknowledges, however, that living outside the market is not feasible" (p. 10). Helwig urges Christians to change the current economic order "through small actions, like living less wasteful lives and being satisfied with fewer possessions, and more systematic changes, like 'declining to participate in interest-based investment profits, or at least investing in credit unions that support community initiative' (p. 10)". "The origins of the report go back to the 2010-2013 triennium, when the Occupy Wall Street movement drew attention to rising economic equality in Western nations" (p. 10) "A task force, chaired by the Rev. Jeff Metcalfe, of the diocese of Quebec, was set up to discuss what a Christian approach to money might look like" (p. 10).
- The 33-page report can be downloaded from the Anglican Church of Canada website: http://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/On-the-theology-of-money.pdf.
- Subjects
- Money - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Wealth - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Economic justice - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Capitalism - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Helwig, Maggie, 1961-
- Metcalfe, Jeffrey
- Anglican Church of Canada. Task Force on the Theology of Money