22/06/2008

Globalisation - a path to Hell?

Fr Jon Sobrino, SJ, in Edinburgh:


He drew on his latest book, 'The Eye of the Needle' - No Salvation
Outside the Poor' to contrast what humanises and gives life with
what dehumanises and destroys life. Globalisation,
in particular, is terribly dehumanising because though it implies
a good, it is in fact destructive and divisive. The
poverty gap - or wealth gap - dehumanises even before we make
an enquiry about any causal relationship between the rich and
the poor. The parable of the rich man and Lazarus sums
up the global reality very well, says Sobrino. In contrast,
the poor themselves humanise us, and the Latin American bishops
of the Medellin conference famously urged us to make an 'option
for the poor'. For Jon Sobrino the poor, in fact, lead
us to the divine, and he proposes an 'option to let salvation
come from the poor'. SOURCE

1 comment:

  1. what would jon Sobrino think of the American elections in 2008.
    his latest book I have just got
    the analysis of which he makes of America foreign policys. how we in Europe live. is very much in your face information. which the media dont analize. which I appreciate

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