On Monday, October 2, Acton President Rev. Robert A. Sirico debated the President and Founder of Evangelicals for Social Action, Dr. Ronald J. Sider on the campus of
Calvin Theological Seminary. The topic of their exchange was
Wealth and Poverty in Light of the Gospel: How Can Christians Work Together if We Disagree? The event was jointly sponsored by Calvin Seminary and
Western Theological Seminary.
Their spirited exhange is now available online in both
video (streaming video -
Real media format
NOTE: the presentation begins about 6 minutes into the video) and
audio (10.8 mb mp3 file) format. Both the video and audio appear courtesy of Calvin Seminary.
You can also review a responses to the debate from the
Kruse Kronicle, and an overview of the event from
the Kerux, Calvin Theological Seminary’s student newsletter. And as always, your thoughts and reactions are welcome in the comments section below.
Comments
#1 2006-10-12 17:29 (Reply)
Brilliant discussion. Good program and a must see for this important subject.
At one point, it seemed like Fr. Sirico nearly had Dr. Sider coming over to the side of truth and light and against Statism, but alas, the Dr. opted for the State vs. the Citizens.
I was hanging on till the end, as Dr. Sider had accused Fr. of wanting to concentrate power in the hands of a few, making me question if Dr. Sider knew who Lord Acton was. Fr. skewered his argument, stating “If you are so concerned about the concentration of power, why do you want more power to be in the hands of politicians”