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Christian faith and economics

During the autumn Contemporary Christianity will be exploring some aspects of the relationship between Christian faith and economics. Details of two events in Belfast are given here. More are to follow…

Maurice Kinkead will be in conversation on “The Social economy” on Tuesday 20th September at 7.30 pm on the 3rd Floor, 21 Ormeau Avenue, Belfast.

Maurice  has over 25 years in developing and managing not-for -profit organisations, initially in the faith based  organisations and more recently  with an inter-sectoral  partnership.  He is Chief Executive of East Belfast partnership and  has responsibility for two subsidiary companies leading social enterprises in Belfast.

The Annual Catherwood Lecture will be on Thursday 1 December, 8pm. Bob Goudzwaard will speak on issues relating to the “Global, Local and Personal Aspects of the Unsettled Financial World”

Bob Goudzwaard is professor emeritus, at the Free University in Amsterdam. He was elected to the Dutch Parliament in the 1970s and served for a time in a Christian policy research institute in The Hague.  He is the author of numerous books including Capitalism and Progress and Hope in Troubled Times.

The venue for this event will be confirmed later.

info@contemporarychristianity.net

See also “The silence of the lambs” –  Blog – this site – dated September 7.