---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Peter Challen <[email protected]> Date: Mon, May 13, 2013 at 3:18 PM Subject: Honouring a Theology of Land in its contemporary application To: ** <http://click.enlightennext-mail.org/?qs=2ac51282162cbb4bbbf47e3fbaddc23cdf7afa911245a8ed8e6f60f8f17f662a> *Dear Friend in Faith,* You, or a representative you can encourage, are invited to consider continuing with us in the quest for a pertinent translation of a contemporary understanding of a renewal of economic behaviour today at intimate, corporate and global levels of our essential inter-dependence. *HONOURING A THEOLOGY OF LAND IN ITS CONTEMPORARY APPLICATION* *The first conference on Honouring a Theology of Land* in the series of three wrestled with this definition of an understanding of the biblical Covenant, when first formulated, as recorded in the books of Genesis and Exodus. A THEOLOGY OF LAND founded in *A COVENANT between GOD and HUMANITY,* *where evolving global consciousness ensures* *that the ever emergent gift of life on earth* *is continuously replenished* *by our trusteeship and husbandry * *of the finite resources of the land.* It is a land deal. It is a way of communicating the fact that God’s creation in nature requires the free and voluntary contribution of humanity, with its unique shared consciousness, to the maintenance and replenishment of the resources of the land, of the earth entire, within its unique bio-sphere. *The second conference wrestled with the concept of chaplaincy*, as an extension of audit, and as a way to consider the role of the church in society. This placed the emphasis on a universal message from all the faith traditions, made available in given situations by close attention to the local realities while related to the wider context of global house keeping. This would require deeper awareness of actual issues and situations confronting people and stand instead of general rhetoric such as we had found in the number of grand statements from faith sources produced in 2012 and 2013. *The third conference is on Saturday June 1st 10.00 am-- 2.00 pm at St James, 197 Piccadilly.* Resolving the land dispute over the control of the Holy Land remains the overriding moral and political challenge which has so far defeated the international community of nations. Secular political and philosophical discourses have proved unfit for purpose. How the Theology of the Land can resolve the impasse is the subject of the discussion at this third conference. Speakers will examine the proposition that the Covenant which laid the foundations for the Abrahamic faiths, and its further elaboration by Jesus in his discourse on public finance, provides the tools for a settlement that would foster a multi-ethnic community embracing Israel and her neighbouring lands. How will leaders of the Jewish, Christian and Islamic faiths now take their founding precepts and work with secular authorities to create a model for conflict resolution that could then also be applied to the other crises of the 21st century? How will the influential American evangelical movement respond to the news that Jesus challenged conventional thinking on taxation (with its implications for modern governance and the financial sector)? How might the economics of the Covenant undermine the spiritual credibility of the advocates of radical Islam? These questions are intended to identify ways of re-opening the door to ecumenical action. You are invited to participate in their elaboration so that, as a result of our exploration of the Theology of the Land, new moral and philosophical vistas may attract secular leaders to visualise how peace and prosperity is a practical prospect for everyone. Please also pass this invitation to others you feel would be interested to help in this difficult act of inter-faith translation and agreement, which might then influence our political and economic leaders. If you wish to register or to seek for more details of the events and their intent, please contact [email protected] or [email protected] Yours along the shared pilgrims' way, Rev. Canon Peter Challen Fred Harrison, Economist of The Land Research Trust and author of 'The Traumatised Society' http://theologyofland3of3.eventbrite.com * * ** -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/