Interesting idea. I've been developing similar lines of thought: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T3h31ex-XF8df5fScgHNyIR65d9rnANBhRoHOVsgSFc/edit?usp=sharing
Mark On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 3:43 AM, Michel Bauwens <[email protected]>wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Peter Challen <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 3:28 PM > Subject: Honouring a Theology of Land - 3 conference latest > To: > > > *Herewith the sites for registration and for options for making a > donation for the three spring conferences* > > * * > > *PLEASE HELP us by inviting and attracting representatives of our great > faith traditions to share in the exploration of COVENANT AND CONTEMPORARY > ECONOMICS, expressing how life is gift;* > > *and **turning our rich rhetoric about the universality of mono-theistic > faith into tangible applications, * > > *to which we can all contribute.* > > * ////////////////////////////* > > * *Are the Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions fulfilling their > foundation mission – the honouring of a Covenant of property rights in land > that excluded the right to exclusive monopoly of a minority, but gifted to > be shared by all - and if not, what should be done about it? These three > conferences are designed to examine how the three Abrahamic faiths laid the > foundations for a moral economics in which nature was to be shared for the > common good. > > **· **The conferences, held in London churches, will reveal that > Jesus identified the rent of land as the sacred source of revenue for the > community. What should be done to encourage religious leaders to honour > that advocacy by the people who adhere to the Christian faith?**** > > **· **Islamic scholars elaborated the principles of Land Taxation > a thousand years before Adam Smith – can this history be reintegrated into > the ethics of Islamic economics?**** > > **· **The Covenant with God came at a price – a moral code of > conduct. Can this Covenant solve the territorial dispute over the Holy Land > today? The Chief Rabbi spoke recently of the Covenant requiring us 'to > serve and conserve' the earth. > > *'A THEOLOGY OF LAND AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR CONTEMPORARY ECONOMICS'* > > ////////////////////////////// > > 1] April 6th 10-4 at St Mary, Aldermary, City of London > > Honouring the Theology of the Land : *GOD & THE GOOD LIFE: THE AUDIT > [1st of 3] - **250 places* > > Register on *http://god-and-the-goodlife.eventbrite.com/* > > > > ///////////////////////////////// > > 2] May 4th 10-2 at Christ Church North Southwark > > Honouring the Theology of the Land : *GREAT AWAKENINGS: THE APPLICATION > [2nd of 3] - **150 places* > > *Registration on ** **http://theologyofland2of3.eventbrite.com* > > > > /////////////////////////////// > > > > 3] June 1st 10-2 at St James, Piccadilly > > Honouring the Theology of the Land : *HOLY LAND: THE AFFIRMATION [3rd of > 3] - **250 places* > > Registration on http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5506287454** > > * > *///////////////////////////// > > > Registration and donations can also be directly to *P B Challen* by this > email address > > or to > > > > P B Challen > > 21 Bousfield Rd. > > London SE14 5TP > > > > Charitable contributions can be made to 'THE LAND RESEARCH TRUST', c/o > Peter Challen 21 Bousfield Rd.London SE14 5TP, thus gaining us the tax > advantage. > > > > The Land Research Trust is Charity No.327041 www.landresearchtrust. > org <http://www.landresearchtrust.%20org/> > > > > > > > > > > ** > > > ** > > > > -- > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > P2P Foundation - Mailing list > http://www.p2pfoundation.net > https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation > >
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