The Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics



Events

KLICE joins international evangelical response to papal encyclical

KLICE is one of three organisations sponsoring a widely-endorsed evangelical appreciation of Pope Benedict XVI’s latest encyclical letter on global economic development. KLICE Director Jonathan Chaplin was a member of the drafting committee. The statement, entitled ‘Doing the Truth in Love: An evangelical call for response to Caritas in Veritate’ is available here. The statement appears in the September/October issue of Books and Culture and also at First Things. A press release is available here. The two other sponsoring organisations are Cardus (Canada) and the Center for Public Justice (USA). UK signatories include Andrew Hartropp (KLICE Advisory Council member), Elaine Storkey (Tearfund), Michael Schluter (Relationships Foundation International), Peter Heslam (Transforming Business) and Joel Edwards (Micah Challenge International).

Lunchtime Seminars on Economic Justice
A series of Lunchtime Seminars were held in Michaelmas term 2008 around KLICE Advisory Council member Andrew Hartropp’s book, What is Economic Justice: Biblical and Secular Perspectives Contrasted (Paternoster 2007).
Andrew Hartropp is Research Tutor at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies.

Research

KLICE Grantee
Recent KLICE grantee Sean Doherty is completing a doctoral thesis on methodology in Christian economic ethics under the supervision of Dr. Bernd Wannenwetsch at Oxford University. He has published a Grove Booklet on Foundations for Medical Ethics (2007), and is a member of the Grove Ethics Group. An Anglican curate in London, Sean also serves as associate lecturer at St. Paul’s Theological Centre, teaching Christian ethics to ordinands.

We are currently seeking funds for a designated KLICE doctoral research grant in the area of business ethics.

Publications

• Andrew Hartropp, What is Economic Justice: Biblical and Secular Perspectives Contrasted (Paternoster 2007)
• Christian Scholar’s Review 38.1 (2008): Theme issue on business ethics

Whitefield Briefing
By what right do Christians have property? The teachings of Medieval Franciscans - Young-hae Chi
The Role of Business in Making Poverty History: Liberation vs Transformation - Peter S Heslam

Look for articles on economic and business ethics in:
Studies in Christian Ethics
ACE Journal
Faith and Economics
Journal of Markets and Morality
Grove Booklets on Ethics

Links

Transforming Business
UK Association of Christian Economists
US Association of Christian Economists
Institute for Business Ethics
Relationships Foundation

1. Director's commentaries on the Coalition and the Conservative Party

2. Summer 2010 Newsletter

3. Latest issues of Ethics in Brief

4. Director's commentary on McFarlane v Relate case

5. KLICE contributes to 'Studies in Christian Ethics' issue

6. Director's article on role of institutions, in 'The Other Journal'

7. Review article on God and Government

8. Director's Guardian postings

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