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wkbk: *glossary of economic globalization, Mennonite Church Canada, forthcoming
video: *Where are the Beans? MCC, 1995, 13 min. Asks what is going on in the global economy when Honduran farmers collect a plentiful harvest of beans and yet do not have enough beans to eat themselves.
mag: *New Internationalist. No. 296, "Globalization: Peeling back the layers" (November 1997)
other: *Christopher Lind, "Challenging the Ethics of Globalization" article in The World We Want, Ten Days for Global Justice, 1997 Education and Action Guide.

Adult small group

wkbk: *The Economic Way of the Cross, Religious Working Group on the World Bank and IMF, 1997, 49pp. An excellent resource which offers economic and faith reflections at 14 Stations of the Cross in Washington D.C. -- the headquarters of IMF, World Bank, WTO, etc. Discussion questions and resource list.
book: Henry Rempel, MEDA, forthcoming. For the serious study group or small Sunday School class.

Adult or youth group

wkbk: *Trek: Venture Into a World of Enough. About living in joy, simplicity, enough for me, enough for all. A resource for reflection, mediation, action; includes facts and resource list on economic globalization.

Youth material

wkbk: *It’s Not Fair. Christian Aid, 1993, 120pp. "A handbook on world development for Youth Groups." Addresses various topics related to globalization with activities, simulation games, discussion starters, Biblical reflections. Sections on Values, Issues, and Action.
wkbk: *Fashioning Freedom: Education and Action Guide, Ten Days for Global Justice, 1999. Begins exploration of global economy by looking at the label on the clothes one wears. Includes "Sweatshop Fashion Show," action suggestions, stories.

Worship material

wkbk: *Sounding the Trumpet: Educating for Jubilee. Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative, 1998, 29pp. Workshop outlines, worship resources, sermon notes, resource list.
wkbk: *To Build and to Plant, Ten Days for Global Justice, 1998, 16pp.

Responding to the global economy

wkbk: *A New Beginning: A Call for Jubilee. Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative, 1998, 31 pp. Includes dozens of local and global responses. Website links these suggestions with relevant organizations (www.web.net/~jubilee/actions.html).

In-depth Christian analysis

book: Walter L. Owensby. Prophets or Profits: A Primer on Concepts, Realities and Values in Our Economic System. Grand Rapids: Eerdman’s, 1988, 201 pp.
book: Douglas Meeks. God the Economist. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1989. A theological treatment of economics. Offers hope based on understanding the economy as "God’s household."
mag: Economic Justice Report. Quarterly publication of Economic Coalition for Economic Justice.

In-depth secular analysis

book: William Grieder. One World Ready or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism. 1997, 528 pp. Paints a vivid and thorough picture of how things are, and why they got to be that way.
book: Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmith, eds. The Case Against the Global Economy: And For a Turn to the Local. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1996, 548 pp. 43 separate articles, explaining the problem and proposing some solutions.

2. By Organization

Mennonite Church Canada
600 Shaftesbury Blvd. Winnipeg, MB R3P 0M4, ph. 204-888-6781, email mhhamm@mennonitechurch.ca

wkbk: glossary of economic globalization, forthcoming
wkbk: Waldemar Janzen, Work and Rest in Biblical Perspective, 1999, 36pp. Study guide. Asks questions of how work can be oppressive or idolatrous in current economy.
other: Resource Centre. Loans books, videos, study guides. Items in this list held by Resource Centre are marked with * 1-866-888-6785, resources@mennonitechurch.ca
web: www.mennonitechurch.ca
Catch the Spirit (21 k): A Peace and Justice Resource for Peace Sunday
Topical Keywords: Sing for Peace, Peace Sunday activities from Springstein Mennonite Church

Mennonite Central Committee Canada
134 Plaza Drive, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5K9, ph. 604-850-6639 (B.C.), 403-275-6935 (Alberta), 306-665-2555 (Saskatchewan), 204-261-6381 (Manitoba), 519-745-8458 (Ontario), email canada@mennonitecc.ca

wkbk: *Trek: Venture Into a World of Enough. About living in joy, simplicity, enough for me, enough for all. A resource for reflection, mediation, action; includes facts and resource list on economic globalization.
wkbk: Trek II, forthcoming
wkbk: *Lawrence Rupley. International Debt Primer. 1994, 28pp.
book: David Schrock-Shenk, forthcoming. An introduction to the global economy.
video: *Where are the Beans? 1995, 13 min. Asks what is going on in the global economy when Honduran farmers collect a plentiful harvest of beans and yet do not have enough beans to eat themselves.
other: Resource Catalogue. Videos, periodicals, books for sale or loan
other: Ten Thousand Villages. Fair trade goods.
web: www.mcc.org

Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative
Vision inspired by Biblical Jubilee of Leviticus 25. Seeks a new beginning for our world through the release from bondage (including the Jubilee 2000 international debt campaign), redistribution of wealth, and the renewal of the earth.

PO Box 772, Station F, Toronto, ON, M4Y 2N6, ph. 416-922-1592, email jubilee@devp.org

wkbk: *A New Beginning: A Call for Jubilee. 1998, 31pp. Oultines the problem, the biblical vision, several local and global responses.
wkbk: *Sounding the Trumpet: Educating for Jubilee. 1998, 29pp. Includes workshop outlines, worship resources, sermon notes, resource list.
wkbk: *Making a New Beginning: Biblical Reflection on Jubilee. 1998, 131pp. Contains 15 essays.
other: action campaigns, posters, brochures

Other Jubilee groups

U.S. campaign. http://www.jubileeusa.org/

Mennonite Economic Development Associates
302-280 Smith St., Winnipeg, MB, R3C 1K2, ph. 204-956-6430 or 1-800-665-7026, email MEDA@meda.org

book: Henry Rempel, forthcoming
mag: Marketplace. Articles on micro-credit, stewardship, corporate responsibility, etc.
web: www.meda.org

Faith & Life Press / Herald Press

wkbk: *Mark Vincent, A Christian View of Money, 1997, 136pp. Part of the Giving Project: Growing faithful stewards in the church.
book: *James Halteman, The Clashing World of Economics and Faith, 1995, 224pp.

Ten Days for Global Justice.
A Canadian ecumenical coalition for education and action, produces resources for congregational and group use.

947 Queen St. E., Toronto, ON, M4M 1J9, ph. 416-463-5312, email tendays@web.net

wkbk: *Fashioning Freedom: Education and Action Guide, 28pp. 1999 program includes information, handouts, workshop outlines, action suggestions regarding the situation of apparel workers in the global economy.
wkbk: *A Taste for Justice: Education and Action Guide, 28pp. 1998 program focuses on issue of coffee production.
wkbk: *A Choice for Justice: Action Resource. To accompany 1998 program.
wkbk: *To Build and to Plant: Faith Resource, 16pp. Worship idea for 1998 program.
wkbk: *The World We Want: Education and Action Guide, 36pp. 1997 program: information and action on general issues of the global economy, faith perspectives and alternatives.
wkbk: *Prophets or Profits? Faith Resource. Numerous worship ideas and resources, 1997.

Ecumenical Coalition for Economic Justice.
Research, analysis, action, networking. An active participant in the Jubilee Initiative.

947 Queen St. East, Suite 208, Toronto, ON, M4M 1J9, ph. 416-462-1613, email ecej@accessv.com

wkbks: Numerous reports and articles on global finance, international trade, women and globalization, sustainable alternatives, and the Canadian economy. Request a "Publication List."
mag: Economic Justice Report. A quarterly newsletter with solid economic analysis and Christian perspective.

Citizens for Public Justice.
Canadian faith-based group for political action and education.

#311, 229 College St., Toronto, ON, M5T 1R4, ph. (416) 979-2443, email cpj@web.net

wkbk: "Justice or ‘Just Us’? Rethinking Canada’s Economy," 8pp. A critique of growth model and introduces alternative themes of stewardship and sustainability.
book: *Bob Goudzwaard and Harry de Lange. Beyond Poverty and Affluence. 1994, 173pp. Explores crisis in Canadian and global economic system and proposes alternatives.
mag: The Catalyst. Monthly newsletter, has explored economic issues such as bank mergers, MAI, federal budgets, etc.

New Internationalist
Box 706, Markham, ON, L6B 1A7, ph. 905-946-0407, email magazines@indas.on.ca

mag: Monthly periodical, New Internationalist. Each issue focuses on one global justice theme such as world poverty and inequality, development and alternatives.
web: www.newint.org/

United Church of Canada

other: The Audio-Visual Education Library (AVEL). Lending offices in Vancouver: 1-800-934-0434, Edmonton: 780-434-2036, Winnipeg: 204-233-8911, Paris, ON: 519-442-3366. Dozens of videos on the global economy.

Building a Moral Economy
Jennifer Henry, ph. 416-921-4615, email gattfly@web.net

other: Provides training to workshop leaders on economic literacy and economics and faith questions

International Forum on Globalization.
An alliance of activists, scholars, economists, and researchers analyzing and education on the global economy.

1555 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94109, ph. 415-771-3394, email ifg@ifg.org

wkbks: 17 Information Packets. Topics such as *"What is Globalization?" "Immigration and Globalization," "Technology and Globalization," Women and Globalization." Include news clippings, teach-in materials, and articles by activists and researchers -- helpful for activists, students and study groups.
other: *Bibliography and Resource Guide, 43pp. Index of over 35 periodicals, 250 books and 140 organizations.
web: www.ifg.org

Religious Working Group on the World Bank and IMF
A U.S. ecumenical coalition.

Box 29132, Washington, DC 20017, ph. 202-832-1780, email mknolldc@igc.apc.org

wkbk: *The Economic Way of the Cross, 1997, 49pp. An excellent resource which offers economic and faith reflections at 14 Stations of the Cross in Washington D.C. -- the headquarters of IMF, World Bank, WTO, etc. Discussion questions and resource list.
web: http://www.sndden.org/rwg/

3. By Format

Workbooks / Study guides

*Pamela Sparr. Global Economics – Seeking a Christian Ethic. United Methodist Church, 1993, 91pp. A "mission study" which "focuses on the relationship of the global economy to our lives and how our economic actions connect us with people around the world." Questions for personal reflection. Particular focus on the effect of gender and race in global economics.
*It’s Not Fair. Christian Aid, 1993, 120pp. "A handbook on world development for Youth Groups." Addresses various topics related to globalization with activities, simulation games, discussion starters, Biblical reflections. Sections on Values, Issues, and Action.

Videos

*Deadly Embrace: Nicaragua, the World Bank and the IMF, 1996, 30min. Includes a 51 page workbook.
*The Business of Hunger, Maryknoll, 28min (Examines the impact of globalization policies on world hunger.)
Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring On Sex, Lies And Global Economics, National Film Board of Canada, 1995, 52 minutes. (Examines the views of Waring, a goat farmer, former New Zealand M.P., political economy professor, regarding the effects of globalization on women and presenting an alternative vision.)
Trading Futures. From "The Nature of Things, with David Suzuki," CBC, 2 hours. 8 segments with study guide, explores what is wrong with the world economy.
*Peace, What Peace? Confronting Central America's New Economic War, produced by Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America, 29 min. Includes 35 page workbook. Explores impact of global economy through stories from El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua.

Books

Randy Charles Epping. A Beginning’s Guide to the World Economy. New York: Vintage Books, 1995, 199pp.
William Grieder. One World Ready or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism. 1997, 528 pp. Paints a vivid and thorough picture of how things are, and why they got to be that way.
David Korten. When Corporations Rule the World, West Hartford: Kumarian Press, 1995, 374 pp. Korten warns that eliminating national economic borders and deregulating markets will lead to loss of sovereignty, community and self.
Robert Lekachman and Borin Van Loon. Capitalism for Beginners. New York: Pantheon Books, 1981, 174 pp.
Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmith, eds. The Case Against the Global Economy: And For a Turn to the Local. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1996, 548pp. 43 separate articles, explaining the problem and proposing some solutions.
Linda McQuaig. The Cult of Impotence : Selling the Myth of Powerlessness in the Global Economy, 1998, 313 pp.
Douglas Meeks. God the Economist. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1989. A theological treatment of economics. Offers hope based on understanding the economy as "God’s household."
Walter L. Owensby. Prophets or Profits: A Primer on Concepts, Realities and Values in Our Economic System. Grand Rapids: Eerdman’s, 1988, 201 pp. The writer is a Presbyterian minister.
Ronald H. Preston. Religion and the Ambiguities of Capitalism. London: SCM Press, 1991, 182pp. Explores the strengths and weaknesses of capitalism. Critiques various Christian statements and approaches to economics.
Gary Teeple. Globalization and the Decline of Social Reform. Toronto: Garamond Press, 1995, 190 pp.

Websites

Halifax Initiative. A coalition of groups committed to the fundamental reform of international financial institutions. Articles and action campaigns on Bretton Woods institutions, multilateral debt, Tobin tax.
http://www.halifaxinitiative.org/
International Federation for Alternative Trade. Promoting the idea and practice of fairly traded goods.
www.ifat.org
Global Exchange. A non-profit research, education, and action center dedicated to promoting people-to-people ties around the world." Website contains several short analytical articles on the global economy, focusing on Bretton Woods institutions, corporations, alternatives and fair trade. Action campaigns.
www.globalexchange.org
Corporate Watch. Offers "tools that you can use to investigate and analyze corporate activity."
www.corpwatch.org
People Centred Development Forum: Articles on corporations, money and globalization.
http://iisd1.iisd.ca/pcdf/
Third World Network. Explores issues of interest to the Third World, including global financial crisis, international trade, biotechnology, environment. Several periodicals. Action for change.
www.twnside.org.sg
Debt Relief Now: The Week of Global Action against Debt and IFIs is an initiative of the different movements and organisations in the International South North Campaign on Illegitimate Debt. www.debtweek.org/
Global Trade Watch promotes democracy by challenging corporate globalization, arguing that the current globalization model is neither a random inevitability nor "free trade."
www.citizen.org/trade/