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With all the doom and gloom
around global recession, where is the good news? In recent
years CCCI has been involved in reflecting how our faith engages
with and affects society as a whole. We are called to courageous
investment in our society and this must have economic implications.
As we struggle with rising fuel prices and falling house prices,
the developing world struggles with soaring food prices.
What difference does faith make to our economic decisions?
 Elaine
Storkey DD (Oxon), PhD, is a philosopher, sociologist and
theologian, known internationally for her lecturing, writing
and broadcasting. She has been Director of London Institute
of Contemporary Christianity and Senior Research Fellow at
Wycliffe Hall. Currently she is President of Tearfund, Chair
of Fulcrum, a Church of England think-tank and is involved
in monitoring aid, relief and advocacy work in countries of
the Global South. Elaine has experience of wrestling with
issues of faith, economics and justice.
This lecture is hosted
by Centre for Contemporary Christianity in Ireland and Tearfund
This occasional lecture
series was named in honour of Sir Fred Catherwood, an Ulsterman,
and senior industrialist, adviser on industry to the British
government, MEP and former vice President of the European
Parliament. Among his many roles he made a significant contribution
to constructive politics in Northern Ireland and acted as
an interlocutor between the British government and Unionism
after the Anglo Irish Agreement of 1985.
In this lecture we aim to address issues of public theology,
where faith and Christian teaching impact on matters of the
public square and public policy. Previous speakers have included,
Sir Fred, Michael Schluter, Duncan Forester, Mark Greene,
David Smith and Os Guinnes and Donald Shriver.
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