Wall Street Dialogues

Pundits from liberal to conservative host conversations on the moral and ethical dilemmas pushed to the forefront by the Occupy Wall Street movement in Wall Street Dialogues on Wednesdays from January 11 - February 8 at 1 PM at Trinity Church in lower Manhattan. Each week, a new speaker will challenge the audience with provocative questions such as "Would Jesus pay taxes?" and "What are the moral values of capitalism?" Talks will be webcast live at www.trinitywallstreet.org with opportunities for online viewer participation. For the complete schedule, click here. Wall Street Dialogues are presented by Trinity Institute (TI), a continuing education program founded in 1967 as an outreach of Trinity Wall Street, an Episcopal parish. Recent conferences include God’s Unfinished Future; Religion and Violence: An Interfaith Dialogue; Radical Abundance: A Theology of Sustainability; and Building an Ethical Economy: Theology and the Marketplace. WHAT: Wall Street Dialogues: Tackling the Moral and Ethical Issues Raised by the Occupy Wall Street Movement January 18 Q- Would Jesus pay taxes? Barbara Crafton, priest, author and spiritual director and Carol Stone, business economist, www.geraniumfarm.org/ Topic: Paying Taxes: Privilege or Confiscation? January 25 Q- What are the moral values of capitalism? James Copland, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute Topic: Capitalism, Inequality, and Scripture February 1 Q- What does it feel like to 'have enough'? Ben Roberts, www.occupycafe.org/ Topic: "Occupy" as a Leap of Faith February 8 Q- What does the Bible say about economic disparity? Kathryn Tanner, Yale Divinity School Topic: Thinking Theologically about Income Disparity and the Gospel Response