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"...the prospect of life elsewhere in the universe does not pose any great threat to Christian theology."

Evidence of planets around other suns has been secured only relatively recently, and dates back only so far as 1992. While the scientific data might be new, however, Christian theologians have been thinking about the repercussions of life since at least the 15th century.

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Harold Holmes Helm graduated from Princeton University in 1920 and immediately went to work for the Chemical Bank of New York. His talents were rewarded by rapid preferment. As chairman of the board and chief executive officer, he guided the bank through a series of mergers to become one of the largest in the United States. Not only that, he led the committee that recommended admitting women to his alma mater.

What resources can we find in religious traditions for thinking through the moral challenge of economic inequality?

Join the conversation with Devin Singh, current CTI scholar-in-residence, and CTI's Josh Mauldin on how theology relates to the growing concern of widening inequality in many countries around the world looking at economic metaphors, images, and structures at the heart of Christian thought.

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