The corporate body and the body of Christ: we don't need gradual migrations from the worst excesses of capitalism. We need a whole new bottom line.

From: The Other Side | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

CAN CAPITALISM CO-EXIST WITH Christianity? In the United States, where capitalism is almost synonymous with Christianity, the question is laden with irony. How we answer it affects the lives of millions of persons around the world. It is also a very personal matter for me. For many years, I have uncomfortably straddled both sides of it as I have sought to be faithful to the gospel.

My first effort to answer that question was in my work as a researcher and advocate within the social-investment industry. I was part of a burgeoning movement of socially responsible business, ...

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