15th International Seminar on Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling
September 2 - 7, 2001
GLOBAL ECONOMY AND EVERY DAY LIFE
took place at the 'Ecumenical Workshop'-House of the United Evangelical Mission,
Missionsstr. 9, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany
As the economy is increasingly interlinked, a powerful macro system of capital investment, consumer goods and communication skills is emerging - difficult to fully comprehend.
One can say that the current economic forces both, influence and strain the micro system that is our life.
This seminar intends to take a closer look at the interaction of the economic forces with the everyday life of the people in various continents and cultures - and to utilise any insights for the process of pastoral care and counselling.
The working methods will involve the exchange of knowledge and experiences, as well as exercising our perceptive faculties.
As human beings concerned with pastoral care and counselling we intend to listen to the experts' perception of the economic developments.
We intend to immerse ourselves into the complexity of the economic processes and regulations.
Secondly, we want to share our perception of the influence that the economic forces have on the people in the West and the East, the North and the South, and to look at their way of coping with the new chances and challenges.
Furthermore, our aim is to discuss our contribution to a more just distribution of this earth's goods, as well as ask ourselves what kind of spirituality might be helpful in our time of Globalisation.
Sunday, September 2nd
Lecture: God's Economy - a challenge for global economy?
Lecturer: Rev. Septemmy E. Lakawa, Jakarta Lecturer at the Jakarta Theological
Seminary, Indonesia (Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Jakarta); Member of the Executive
and Central Committee of the WCC; General Secretary of the Association of Theologically
Educated Women in Indonesia
Monday, September 3rd
Lecture: Money and Humanity - do they go together? Free competitive trade as
base of a humane economy in times of globalisation
Lecturer: Dr. Thomas Köster, Düsseldorf Managing Director of the Chamber of
Handicrafts in Düsseldorf and Northrhine- Westfalia
Wednesday, September 5th
Lecture: Labour - How important is manpower in today's global economy?
Lecturer: Dr. Helmut Henschel, Düsseldorf Managing Director of WestLB Research
Thursday, September 6th
Lecture: Ecology - Is the integrity of creation given a chance in global economy?
Lecturer: Dr. Manfred Linz, Wuppertal South-North-Relations; Wuppertal Institute
for Climate, Environment and Energy
We publish the lectures and case study materials in a CD E-Book-version.
Arising from various occasions there was a strong move to come up with a paper
at the end of the Seminar, stating our shared opinions, as they were given in
the discussions, the study-groups and the feed-back session at the end of the
seminar.
Charles Konadu/Ghana, Jim Farris/Brasilien und Julia Head/England promoted this
move and are doing the job of editing this paper.
klick here to open rtf-file of this statement in a new window
A German Church-Newspaper commented on it like this -German Language- (PDF-Datei).
The event took place - as we stated before:
Church and World Market -
Do churches have a prophetic voice in global economy?
Responsible organisations:
- Society for Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling SIPCC
- United Evangelical Mission, Wuppertal
- Theological Seminary Wuppertal
Do churches have any power in economical fields? What is the call of the scripture for the church concerning global economy? Which developments can be supported by church, against which should she warn? What is church doing by herself to enhance just distribution of the wealth of the world?
The aim of the discussion with experts from all over the world is to clarify the role of churches in a global economy today.
Invited are all people who have an interest in the topic.
The discussion will be in English and German.
Experts:
Rev. Wilfried Neusel, Director for Ecumenism, Mission and Religions in the Evangelical Church of the Rhineland
Rev. Dr. Martin Breidert, Lecturer, Theological Seminary Wuppertal
Dr. Edison Munthe, Ephorus of the Simalungun Protestant Christian Church, Indonesia
Dr. Nalini Arles, United Theological College, Bangalore, IndiaModerator: Dr. Jörg Baumgarten, United Evangelical Mission, Wuppertal
Venue:
Audi Max Theological Seminary, Missionsstr. , Wuppertal
Monday, September 3, 2001, 20.00 - 22.00 h