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The problems and challenges of globalization in a Christian context were discussed at a conference on “Globalization: analysis alternatives strategy” held under the auspices of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) at Celakovice (Prague) from 2 to 4 March. The conference was attended by some 55 delegates representing various churches, universities and social movements. It was the third of a series of consultations promoted by the CEC on the issue. The Conference says the final communiqué underlined the trend to the “growing commercialisation of many aspects of life”. The negative effects of globalization also include the transformation of “needs into desires that are by their nature unquenchable. These two processes damage human relations and lead to an ecologically destructive and socially unsustainable economy”. The participants in the ecumenical consultation, however, did not only analyse the negative effects of globalization, but also tried to seek alternative forms of economy, to be proposed as models, such as the rediscovery of the value of solidarity and sharing. “Christians says the communiqué are called to respond to the challenges of poverty and the destruction of human dignity that are the consequences of the globalization of the economy.
