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Vocabulary for a New World: Parecon

Participatory economics, often abbreviated parecon, is a proposed economic system that uses participatory decision making as an economic mechanism to guide the production, consumption and allocation of resources in a given society. Proposed as an alternative to contemporary capitalistmarket economies and also an alternative to centrally planned socialism or coordinatorism, it is described as “an anarchistic economic vision”,[1] and it could be considered a form of socialism as under parecon, the means of production [...]

Help me go to CCDA Conference 2009

I am looking forward been able to make it to the upcoming CCDA Conference in Cincinnati October 21-25. But I do not have the means cover all the expenses.  I’ve spoken with some my holy rabble-rousers friends in Cinci and they have generously offer me a place to stay and a Texan BBQ.  Now all [...]

Turning Grease into Gospel

 
One small bar of soap can spark many reflections—spiritual, sociologic, entropologic and ecologic—according to Claudio Oliver, who has spent 20 years working with the urban poor, and on community development, dental and medical projects, team equipping, and teaching in Curitiba, Brazil. Over the past five years, interviewer Spencer Burke has developed a friendship with Claudio [...]

Being Consumed - Short Book Review

 

 
Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire
By William T. Cavanaugh
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008
 
Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire is the latest book of Catholic theologian William Cavanaugh; a professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is also the author of Torture and Eucharist: Theology, Politics, and the Body [...]

“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”

That is what seem to be the response of the USAmerican church in regards to the economic recession and it’s effects effects in the community. While businesses are creating new ways to stay afloat and increase capacity in this time, the USAmerican church is silent to her call to serve and be more generous [...]

Vocabulary for a New World - Eco-Communalism

At its core, eco-communalism holds a mindfulness (almost reverence) for sustainable development, a belief in human goodness, which often manifests itself through conflict resolution or multiculturalism. Also apparent is a longing for society to advance past reckless industrialism towards a more localized, environmentally palatable system.
Eco-communalism is often associated with eco-socialism, which emphasizes a movement away from capitalism and toward a less [...]

Feb. 7th - Justice at the Table Workshop

Come to our second “The Revolution Starts at Home” event, Justice at the Table! We will explore together the intricate connections between our faith and the food we eat. We will challenge ourselves and each other to bring our eating and buying practices more in line with our beliefs and draft a “Justice at the [...]

Jan. 2 at MSH - Holy Cooperation! Conversation with Andrew McLeod

 

Tonight the Mustard Seed House will be hosting activits and author Andrew McLeod in a reading and conversation of his book Holy Coopertation: Building Graceful Economies. The Event is free bu registration is required.  Register online

 
 
Andrew McLeod will present his debut book - Holy Cooperation: Building Graceful Economies, Wipf & Stock Publishers- exploring the [...]

Managing politics in favor of trans-national markets

‘It is not just that governments can no longer “manage” their national economies, to survive in office they must increasingly “manage” national politics in such a ways as to adapt them to the pressures of trans-national market forces’.
- Colin Leys

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Recession, how can communities and churches prepare?

Mustard Seed Associates » Recession is Looming: How Can We Prepare? » Creating the future one mustard seed at a time
We at Mustard Seed Associates want to invite you to join this important conversation. Read the summary of the ideas generated by our brainstorming groups and the other articles. Then please feel [...]

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