This is a sermon that I gave at Ilam Baptist Church trying to flesh out the links between economics and theology. They have changed their website recently so I now have to host it here on the odd chance that people might want to listen to it.
This sermon was partially given because I was getting extremely frustrated with the dominant econ/theology views being expressed. They were either people with a strong theology background who dabbled in economics because they perceived, rightly or wrongly, that there was some social justice issue to address, or they were mildly rabid christian capitalists who believe (perhaps correctly :-)) that the market is a gift from God and can’t be critised. I am not comfortable with either of these perspectives as I don’t think it does justice to theology or economics.
Naturally I like to think that I have a unique, and of course absolutely correct (:-)) view, but I will let you be the judge.
Clearly being labelled “Part 1” indicates that there are more to come – an in due time I will post the second.
By the way, I used a relatively large Monty Python sketch in this sermon to set the scene. If you want to watch it on YouTube, here is the link but it is very skipable.
Also, you will need to follow along with the Power Point Slides which I have attached. It should be pretty easy to figure out when to move along.
By the way, I am always on for discussion about this so fire away.
Happy listening.
Rough against rough 