Kathodon, World Economy, issues 7-8 (1994), p. 251.
In the double issue 7-8 of Kathodon,journal there are articles about the world economy and the world social situation. 13 articles are published in total, 12 of which concern the tribute. In the beginning of the issue there is an introductory note where the basic theological reasons that led to the compilation of the particular tribute are presented. In the same issue it is published in an appendix of 87 pages the Greek translation of the text The Christian faith and world economy today. A study paper by the World Council of Churches.
N. Zacharopoulos points out the failure of the economic systems of East and West and stresses the necessity to seek new perspectives for the confrontation of the ever-increasing financial problem.
S. Agouridis examines certain incidents of the activity of the ancient Israelite prophecy, which can be regarded as sources of the political theology either during the past or during the present.
M. Konstantinou, based on the hermeneutic analysis of Sec. 8:3, supports that the perception that the Christian faith satisfies some simply metaphysical questions of man has no biblical basis.
U. Duchrow analyses basic views of biblical theology in relation to economy and the democratic constitution of society through his 13 theses. He also presents the vital problems of economy and suggests ways of resolving them.
R.van Drimmelen refers to the relation of Christian faith and economic life with regard to the Bible, the Fathers of the Church and the contemporary ecumenical movement.
E. Pavlidou presents certain elements of the modern socio-economic teaching of the Roman-Catholic Church, as these are presented in the encyclicals of Pope John Paul II.
M. Begzos briefly presents the most basic views and suggestions of Karl F. Waitsaiker concerning the ascetic ethics as transgression of the impasses of the contemporary political economy.
S. Sakellion analyses the content of the White Bible for the fighting of unemployment in the EU. He exposes its negative prospects and sets off the socio-economic role that the Churches are called to play today.
K. Zorbas presents social interventions of the Church in a series of vital issues, as these are determined through writings of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
B.Goudwaard refers with specific data to the trends of the contemporary world economy and their repercussions on culture and suggests potential alternative proposals.
I. Petrou examines the situation of modern economy in relation to human freedom and seeks to expose a general problematic that is necessary in order to escape from it.
M. Garijo-Guembe negotiates the problems of the official theological dialogue between the Orthodox and Roman-Catholic Church, which refer to the unity in faith and the legal diversity as well as to the ecclesiological prospects of the term Sister Churches.