Still hope for the "lost" continent?

[o_mlly]

“CHRISTIAN SHARE INDEX IS LAUNCHED”

The first European Christian equity marketplace, Stoxx Europe Christian Index, has been launched following heightened demand by investors for ethical stocks, stimulated by the financial crisis. The index, comprising 533 European companies which only generate revenues from sources operating in accordance with Christian values and principles, includes BP, HSBC, Nestle, Vodafone, Royal Dutch Shell, and GlaxoSmithKline. …

PRESS DIGEST - Financial Times - April 27

 

[St_Francis]

“CHRISTIAN SHARE INDEX IS LAUNCHED”

The first European Christian equity marketplace, Stoxx Europe Christian Index, has been launched following heightened demand by investors for ethical stocks, stimulated by the financial crisis. The index, comprising 533 European companies which only generate revenues from sources operating in accordance with Christian values and principles, includes BP, HSBC, Nestle, Vodafone, Royal Dutch Shell, and GlaxoSmithKline. …

PRESS DIGEST - Financial Times - April 27

I sure hope Nestle’s has stopped over-advertising baby formula in underdeveloped countries.

 

[Dale_M]

I sure hope Nestle’s has stopped over-advertising baby formula in underdeveloped countries.

Yes, that was my first thought. Nestle’s isn’t the first company I would think of as an example of a Christian company. Other companies on the index could also be criticized for being unethical in their business practices.

I guess deciding what constitutes a Christian company really depends on what values you, personally, consider important in Christianity.

 

[o_mlly]

Yes, that was my first thought. Nestle’s isn’t the first company I would think of as an example of a Christian company. Other companies on the index could also be criticized for being unethical in their business practices.

I guess deciding what constitutes a Christian company really depends on what values you, personally, consider important in Christianity.

We are all imperfect Christians so one may agrue as to the degree of prefection needed to make the list.

However, my point of hope is the inclusion of the word “Christian” in a European instituiton’s document in a continent that has for the last decade attempted to feign amnesia about how its formation centered on the values of the Catholic Church by eliminating the word “Christian” in its discourse of its own origins.

 

[lynx]

Does this mean that Christianity is now, finally, officially a business?

 

[vera_dicere]

Does this mean that Christianity is now, finally, officially a business?

I dont’ think we’d ever be classed a “business”, else we’d have to give up our cushy tax exemptions.