Sound the Trumpet – Stephen Rand
On the Great Day of Forgiveness sound the trumpet throughout your land. Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you…’...
View ArticleIslam Awareness Week 2010
In the first week of November the JDC Multifaith project took part in a series of events as part of Islam Awareness Week. The week sees local faith and community group putting on events to raise...
View ArticleMessage from Gordon Brown MP
On Wednesday 16 February 2011 The Archbishop of Canterbury hosted a lecture given by the Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP entitled “Faith and Politics?” In his opening remarks, the former Prime Minister said:...
View ArticleMessage from Karen Armstrong
“In this polarised world the ever increasing gap between rich and poor nations is a scandal that reflects upon us all. Jubilee Debt is addressing one of the most urgent issues of our time and deserves...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day
Jubilee Debt Campaign Multifaith Project marked International Women’s Day with its first Women’s Event: Women’s Voices against Global Poverty on 10 March 2011. The 70 women of 9 different faiths...
View ArticleUnjust debt goes to the heart of inequality. We need a new jubilee
Only far-reaching changes to the global economy will stop the burden of debt falling on the poorest in our societies. This article first appeared in The Guardian on 9 October 2012. Ten years ago I was...
View ArticleEconomic change is about justice, not charity, say faith leaders
MPs heard calls from faith leaders on Tuesday to pursue radical policies that will lead to justice for the poorest people in both the UK and the world. Speaking at a parliamentary reception to mark 15...
View ArticleOver 400 Faith Leaders Demand ‘Jubilee for Justice’
Nearly 450 faith leaders from all the major faiths have signed an open letter calling for a new debt jubilee in response to today’s financial crisis. The letter was delivered to the Prime Minister on 8...
View ArticlePrompts for Christian Preachers: Global Debt Week of Action
These notes for Christian Preachers have been put together by two Jubilee Debt Campaign supporters, Rev Alison Geary and Rev John Nightingale, for Sunday 12 October 2014. Sunday 12 October is in the...
View ArticleJubilee economics: Biblical teaching and financial crisis
This booklet contains six bible studies for Christians and churches on faith and economics. The booklet can be used by discussion groups or individuals. The six studies cover: 1) ‘Good news for the...
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