Woe to You Rich  
by Marcus Borg ...In pivotal scenes of Luke's gospel, Jesus challenges economic structures that oppress the poor...

11 million forgotten children: The current crisis in childhood survival is compounded by complacency and neglect among those in a position to prevent these deaths.

Cats in a Wood Stove: Reflections on Building a New Social Gospel
by William Barnwell
We are lapsing into well-defended ecclesiastical narcissism. We take care of ourselves -- tending our sick, stabilizing our marriages, providing a much-needed community for our members, worshiping enthusiastically on Sundays -- but about the “sickness of Joseph,” the tyranny in our land, we care not at all, or so it must seem to those outside the church.

What is preventing most clergy from siding with the poor ?

The Church The Enemy Of The Workers Rome Is The Natural Ally Of All Exploiters... by Joseph McCabe An atheistic critique on Catholic Christian Betrayal of Workers. For the positive side of Catholic attitudes to Social Justice visit the
Uniya Jesuit Social Justice Centre , the Social Justice & Peace and The Catholic Worker Roundtable

Love Of Money Is The Root Of All Evil   

Vulture Capitalism
By Norman D. Livergood

"It's all about greed, greed, and more greed" By Raff Ellis

War is the Enemy of the Poor, Ewuare Osayande

Beyond Capitalism - Ed Mayo

A Buddhist-Christian Critique of Neo-Liberal Economics
by John B. Cobb, Jr.
 "It is incumbent on those of us who are in position to influence the thinking of faithful people to make clear that the neo-liberal economic thought that informs most current top-down development, riding roughshod over communities, and reshaping the lives and thinking of hundreds of millions of people, is based on assumptions that are antithetical to ours. We should articulately and unequivocally withdraw moral support from these practices"

Myths about economics:   The rich get rich because of their merit. , The U.S. has the world's highest standard of living. , People on welfare are lazy and stupid bums. , People on welfare should just find jobs.

Religion and Politics
by Lawrence Falkowski

What is democratic freedom?

Freedom produces wealth and prosperity 

Freedom promotes social justice

"Where Are You?" Spiritual Direction and the Experience of Injustice by A. T. Ortíz ...In situations of persistent societal oppression and suffering, how do we think about evil and God? This is the work of spiritual director A.T. Ortíz whose essay roots itself in these experiences and explores the human longing for God in the midst of evil and suffering.

Feminist Theology in a Global Perspective
by Susan Hill Lindley
Feminist theology’s call to other liberation theologies is for them to take seriously the oppression of all women -- especially the double oppression of poor, minority and Third World women. In Christ there is neither…male nor female….all persons are created in the image of God and therefore have a right to develop their full potentials of personhood.

What It Means To Be Human by W. Krossa

The Etiquette of Democracy by Stephen L. Carter Our rights are protected by the Constitution, but our exercise of those rights is governed by our moral disciplines. Civility entails treating fellow citizens as people of goodwill—which is a risky act of trust. Laws on sexual harassment and "hate speech" sprout up when people do not share a code of civility...

What We Mean by Human Rights, and Why by Richard John Neuhaus

The Law: Sacred Writ or Institutionalized Injustice? by Malcolm Boyd

Does GOD "hate fags"?

The Mentally Retarded: Recognizing Their Rights by Emil G. Brisson
As Christians, we must learn to treat mentally retarded people with dignity -- not with pity or ridicule -- and to help change our society’s attitudes toward them.

Religious Communities in the Struggle for Human Rights by Robert Traer
Perhaps the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a sign of a new world community in which the religious traditions will find common ground. Jews, Christians and Muslims do agree that rights are gifts from God, and that people have duties toward one another and God that require the recognition of fundamental human rights...

Religious Tolerance
(Alison Cotes)

Bible Study: "Building Community With Our Differences"
by G. Richard Wheatcroft

All God's Children: One World Against Racism,

Corporate and Community Life: Recruitment and Inclusion
by Janice Robinson

Raising Kids Who Will Make a Difference
Helping your family live with integrity, value simplicity, and care for others.

Creating Open and Welcoming Communities by James R. Adams

What Equality Would Look Like: Reflections on the Past, Present and Future, Franklin D. Raines

From globalisation to exclusion - Wayne Green