Themes : ethics & economics, professional ethics, practical ethics,
contextual theology.
Recent publications : ‘Keeping and Sharing. Confidentiality in
Ministry’, in : Journal of Pastoral Care and Counselling, Volume 60 :1-2,
Spring-Summer 2006 ; Something’s Wrong Somewhere. Globalization,
Community and the Moral Economy of the Farm Crisis, Halifax, NS :
Fernwood, 1995.
E-mail : [email protected]
Machasin, Muhammad
Prof. Dr., *1956. Professor history of Islamic Studies at the State
Islamic University Sunan Kalijaga in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Teaches
as well history of Islamic cultures, history of world religions, Islamic
theology and Islamic history at (state) Gadjah Mada University,
Protestant Duta Wacana University, Catholic University Sanata
Dharma and a private university (all in Yogyakarta, Indonesia). Has
been active in organising and promoting interfaith encounters. Vice
head of Nahdatul Ulama Consultative Board in Yogyakarta (1997-
2006).
Recent publications : Al-Qdadii Abd Al-Jabbâr, Mutasyabih al-
Qur’an. Dalih Rasionalitas al-Qur’an (on Abd al-Jabbar’s discussion
on the problem of ambiguous passages of the Koran), Yogyakarta :
LKIS, 2000 ;Islam Teologi Aplikatif(Applied Theology of Islam),
Yogyakarta : Alif, 2003 ; Muhhamadiya and Nahdiatul Ulama in the
Reformation Era, Cleverainga Lectures, Jakarta : KITLV, 2004.
E-mail : [email protected]
Ondji’i Toung, Richard
Dr. Theol., *1964. General Secretary of the Interdisciplinary and
Interreligious Center of Ethical Research (CIIRE) in Yaoundé,
Cameroon. PhD on the Contribution of Economic Ethics related to
debts and poverty eradication in Central Africa (2004). M.A. in Eco-
nomics and in International Relations. Pastor.
Themes : economic ethics, family ethics, ethics of international
financial systems.
E-mail : [email protected]
Sachs, Jeffrey
Prof. Dr., *1954. Economist, Professor and Director of the Earth
Institute at Columbia University in New York. United Nations special
adviser, Head of the UN Millennium Project (to half world poverty by
2015). Chairperson of the World Health Organisation’s commission
for macro-economy and health.
Themes : mainly the causes of poverty, the role of rich country
policies, and the possibilities for a poverty-free future
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