The Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics
Economic and Business Ethics
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Resources
Publications
Audio/Video
- Christian Finance? - David McIlroy
- The Current Economic and Financial Crisis: Where Are We Now? - Andrew Hartropp
- Building God’s Empire or Ours? The Purpose of Work in Business - Cal Bailey
- Reading the ‘Two Books’: A Christian approach to organisational leadership - Maarten Verkeerk
- Greed as False Religion - Brian Rosner
- Challenges in Business Ethics - Simon Webley
Media
- Jonathan Chaplin articles in the Guardian.
Events
Future
More information will be available soon.
Past
The Economics of Good and Evil: From the Epic of Gilgamesh to the Credit Crunch, 21st June 2011
- Tomas Sedlacek, Charles University (Prague). Member of the Czech Republic’s National Economic Council, senior banker & former adviser to President Václav Havel. Co-sponsored by Transforming Business. Further details here.
KLICE joins international evangelical response to papal encyclical
- KLICE is one of three organisations sponsoring a widely-endorsed evangelical appreciation of Pope Benedict XVI’s latest encyclical letter on global economic development. KLICE Director Jonathan Chaplin was a member of the drafting committee. The statement, entitled ‘Doing the Truth in Love: An evangelical call for response to Caritas in Veritate’ is available here. The statement appears in the September/October issue of Books and Culture and also at First Things. A press release is available here. The two other sponsoring organisations are Cardus (Canada) and the Center for Public Justice (USA). UK signatories include Andrew Hartropp (KLICE Advisory Council member), Elaine Storkey (Tearfund), Michael Schluter (Relationships Foundation International), Peter Heslam (Transforming Business) and Joel Edwards (Micah Challenge International).
Lunchtime Seminars on Economic Justice
- A series of Lunchtime Seminars were held in 2008 around KLICE Advisory Council member Andrew Hartropp’s book, What is Economic Justice: Biblical and Secular Perspectives Contrasted (Paternoster 2007). Andrew Hartropp is Research Tutor at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies.
Research
KLICE Grantee
Recent KLICE grantee Sean Doherty is completing a doctoral thesis on methodology in Christian economic ethics under the supervision of Dr. Bernd Wannenwetsch at Oxford University. He has published a Grove Booklet on Foundations for Medical Ethics (2007), and is a member of the Grove Ethics Group. An Anglican curate in London, Sean also serves as associate lecturer at St. Paul’s Theological Centre, teaching Christian ethics to ordinands.
Recommended Reading
- By what right do Christians have property? The teachings of Medieval Franciscans - Young-hae Chi
- The Role of Business in Making Poverty History: Liberation vs Transformation - Peter S Heslam
Books
- Andrew Hartropp, What is Economic Justice: Biblical and Secular Perspectives Contrasted (Paternoster 2007).
- Christian Scholar’s Review 38.1 (2008): Theme issue on business ethics.
Links
For articles:
- Studies in Christian Ethics
- ACE Journal
- Faith and Economics
- Tyndale Bulletin
- Journal of Markets and Morality
- Themelios
- Grove Booklets
Other:
1. Colloquium on Biblical Law will take place on 19-20 March. Click here for booking form.
2. Jonathan Chaplin writes on a setback for secularism.
3. Latest KLICE News published for January and Comment for February.
4. Video: Director interviewed on PM’s speech on ‘Christian Britain’.