Democratic contracts for sustainable and caring societies
Subtitle: what can churches and Christian communities do?
By: edited by Lewis S. Mudge & Thomas Wieser
Contributors: World Council of Churches; W.A. Visser 't Hooft Memorial Consultation (4th : 1999 : Geneva, Switzerland)
Publisher: WCC Publications; World Council of Churches; Brand: World Council of Churches
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Globalization; Christianity; Congresses; Democracy; Christianity and international relations
Notes: "The 4th W.A. Visser't Hooft Memorial Consultation was held at the Château de Bossey, near Geneva, Switzerland, from June 1 to 8, 1999. This volume presents the main contributions made for the organization and the debate of the consultation, as well as the final report agreed to by the participants."--P. [vii].

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface: Democracy for a sustainable society in the context of economic globalization / Julio de Santa Ana; title: People's participation in building a just and sustainable society / Lukas Vischer; title: Moral hospitality for public reasoners: convenant models for contemporary social contracts? / Lewis S. Mudge; title: Towards a "sustainable" global welfare society / Riccardo Petrella; title: Facing the power of the market / Margie Tolstoy; title: The role of the World Trade Organization / Jan-Erik Sørensen; title: Working on contracts / John M. Francis; title: Contracts and international law / Leonardo Franco; title: Implenting conventions / Václav Mezricky; title: Covenanting in the Bible / Hans-Ruedi Weber; title: New roles for NGOs / Ruth E. Lechte; title: The need for spiritual empowerment / Sulak Sivaraksa; title: Struggling for democracy: two case studies from South Africa / Lindy Wilson; title: A challenge to the NGOs / José Chipenda; title: The church: advocate of democracy / Joyce Seroke; title: Democracy between religion and the secular / K.C. Abraham; title: Giving account of the hope / Madeleine Strub-Jaccoud; title: Democracy, sustainability and the church / Lewis S. Mudge.