Evangelical liberationists.More than 185 evangelical leaders from 50 countries met in Queretaro Que·ré·ta·ro A city of central Mexico northwest of Mexico City. An ancient pre-Aztec settlement, it was conquered by the Spanish in 1531. Emperor Maximilian was executed nearby in 1867. Population: 595,000. , Mexico, in September to examine the impact of the globalized economy on the poor. The event was hosted by the U.K.-based Micah Network. "Market fundamentalism Market fundamentalism (also known as free market fundamentalism) is the belief that free markets provide the greatest possible equity and prosperity, and that any interference with the market process decreases social well being. , which asserts the irrelevance ir·rel·e·vance n. 1. The quality or state of being unrelated to a matter being considered. 2. Something unrelated to a matter being considered. Noun 1. of nation states and fosters economic imperialism Economic imperialism is the term used to describe the application of economics to the so called non-economic aspects of life such as crime, marriage and war.[1][2] See also
1. , is a very serious threat not only to the survival of the poor, but also to open societies everywhere," states the document from the conference. Conference participants examined how scripture instructs mission in an increasingly globalized world in which the poor, while promised more, find themselves economically and socially marginalized and culturally impoverished im·pov·er·ished adj. 1. Reduced to poverty; poverty-stricken. See Synonyms at poor. 2. Deprived of natural richness or strength; limited or depleted: . "For Christians, resistance to the consumer society--a system built on false assumptions and distorted values--is not optional," they concluded. "The problems that global capitalism poses are not merely, nor even primarily, economic or technical, but moral and spiritual." |
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