USCMA Annual Conference


2003 Annual Conference

Pre-Conference and Conference: Background Information & Resources

Debt Forgiveness

The pre-conference seminar is being conducted by members of the Religious Working Group on the World Bank and IMF.

Additional information about debt forgiveness can be found at Jubilee USA Network which is continuing the work of the Jubilee 2000 "Drop The Debt" campaign.

Cultural Audit

Center for Study of Religious Life Web Site

The purpose of the Center for Study of Religious Life is to take a broad look at the life of Catholic religious priests, sisters, and brothers in the last 30 years in the context of research available and to enable implementation of action on a practical level. CSRL is sponsored by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), the Conference of Major Superiors of Men (CMSM) and Catholic Theological Union (CTU) in Chicago.

The Center, located on the grounds of CTU, convenes conferences and symposia that incorporate the fields of scripture, theology, sociology, psychology, history, and cultural anthropology and engage religious bishops, clergy, laity, coworkers and others in conversations about religious life.

Intercultural Development Inventory - IDI

Intercultural Communications Institute offers resources on intercultural, cross-cultural, multicultural, international, diversity traning and education.

Transformation: Personal, Community and Society

"The Age of Social Transformation," by Peter F. Drucker, The Alantic Monthly, November, 1994.

Globalization

Book: Spiritual Perspectives on Globalization: Making Sense of Economic and Cultural Upheavel, by Ira Rifkin, Skylight Paths Publishing, VT

Mutuality and Solidarity

Dr. Dawn Nothwehr Assistant Professor of Ethics at Chicago Theological Union suggests the following resources on Mutuality from the Theological and Ethics fields.
Mutuality: Selected Bibliography (PDF file) 
 

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