EARTHKEEPING NEWS A NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COALITION FOR CHRISTIANITY AND ECOLOGY Volume Three, Number Two November/December 1993 At Parliament of the World's Religions: Dr. Gerald Barney, of the Millennium Institute, challenged the religious leaders to address four difficult questions: 1. What are the traditional teachings within your faith on how to meet the legitimate needs of the growing human community without destroying the ability of Earth to support the community of all life? 2. What are the traditional teachings within your faith tradition on the meaning of "progress" and how it is to be achieved? 3. What are the traditional teachings within your faith tradition concerning a proper relationship with those who differ in race or gender (conditions one cannot change), or culture, politics, or faith? 4. What are the traditional teachings within your faith on the possibility of criticism, correction, reinterpretation, and even rejection of ancient traditional assumptions and "truth," in light of new understandings or revelations? Home     Table of Contents