Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Eating Theology

Had a minor publishing success this week. You can read my essay, "Eating Theology," in the Journal of Lutheran Ethics. The JLE is a great resource in our church, I find it very informative on a lot of contemporary ethical issues, and the editor, Kaari Reierson, really helped to make the essay more clear and Biblically centered. Fun to have an editor. Thanks to Kaari!

4 comments:

  1. Clint, thanks for the article. It ties in nicely with my class in community development, double bottom line investment and the like.

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  2. Is double bottom line investing like social-purpose investing, or what do you mean by that?

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  3. Clint,

    I really enjoyed your article. I let some of my colleagues know. Well done.

    Peace,
    Brian

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  4. Yeah, double bottom line investing is like social-purpose. From a more poetic point of view, double-bottom line emphasizes that social/environmental/philosophical goals are as important as economic. The distinction can be important because some business folks, banks in particular, have a tendency to view socially minded business programs as loss leaders or write-offs.

    Economists believe that market failures often occur because prices fail to include all the costs of a transaction, pollution being the classic example. I feel there is powerful theological/ethical message there. The failure of prices to include all costs is result of viewing the costs of a transaction too narrowly, and compartmentalizing seemingly unrelated phenomenon. But as your essay reveals, we need to connect our secular lives with our spiritual life.

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