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Effective Stewardship Curriculum Study Guide
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This guide provides materials to support group discussion for each of the five lessons in the Effective Stewardship Curriculum. It also includes resources for sermon preparation, pulling together scriptures relevant to each lesson. Quantity purchases are as...

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Cardinal Bertone and Metropolitan Kirill on Social Doctrine

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone

Paola Fantini has expanded her blog post on Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone's new work on Catholic social doctrine into a book review for the forthcoming Religion & Liberty quarterly published by the Acton Institute. She has also translated the prologue to the book by Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Kirill. These articles are the first to translate anything from Cardinal Bertone's “The Ethics of the Common Good in Catholic Social Doctrine” (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2008) into English. The Italian title is "L'etica del Bene Comune nella Dottrina Sociale della Chiesa."

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From the Journal of Markets & Morality

Environmental Theology: A Judeo-Christian Defense by Peter J. Hill

Much of the modern environmental movement has found it necessary to develop new theologies of nature and humanity. However, the traditional beliefs of Judaism and Christianity provide a better perspective on nature and offer ample grounding for a realistic environmental ethic. Anthropocentrism is a necessary component of any workable system of human responsibility and the doctrine of sin means that Jews and Christians understand both the promise and perils of modern technology. Human creativity is a gift from God and can be used appropriately to alter the natural world. Jews and Christians should be forthright in defending their faith as relevant and sufficient for dealing with environmental issues.

In the Liberal Tradition

Benjamin Constant (1767 - 1830)

Benjamin Constant (1767 - 1830)“Whenever there is no absolute necessity, whenever legislation may fail to intervene without society being overthrown, whenever, finally it is a question merely of some hypothetical improvement, the law must abstain, leave things alone, and keep quiet.”
What the French took from the Americans was their theory of revolution, not their theory of government — their cutting, not their sewing.
~ Lord Acton

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