Why Has “Development” Failed?
Attitudes and structures are at the heart of them problem.
What is Development?
David Livingstone spoke of ‘Christianity, commerce and civilization’, yet what do we mean by the term “Civilization”?
Does Aid to the Third World Ever Work?
Good intentions are not enough.
When Forwards Means Backwards
As a foreigner living in Zambia it’s not too difficult to stand back and have a somewhat detached view of the country and the processes taking place in it. As an Irishman, it’s not too difficult to recognise some of them.
It Is In Giving That We Receive
What can the mission churches teach Europe?
A Dilemma Resolved?
It is a strange fact of experience that the most radically opposed theories can sometimes, if exaggerated, lead to similar and even identical results. This is true in the case of two theories of property.
Diagnosis and Prognosis
A dialogue? Or two monologues?
Escaping From Nostalgia Lane
A returned missionary reflects.
Democracy or Technocracy?
The problem is whether or not democracy, in the full sense of the word, that is, a government by the people, is able to meet the challenges of man’s changing environment, or whether it must give way to a technocracy.
Death Control: War and Violence
Fifty wars in twenty-five years! Where does the conscience of humanity fit into the picture?