A distinctive contribution of RT is to At the same time, there is between people and the natural world no other word build a framework within which the quality of interpersonal relationships can be than ‘relationship’ to describe the permanent interdependence, interconnect- measured. [...] Especially when done with a smile, a few friendly words, or extra care given to the presentation of a product, economic activity can be integrated Instead of an economic paradigm that separates the management of resources within the communicative process of giving and receiving that forms the fabric from the society within which it takes place, RT holds out the vision of a stake- of society. [...] Like land and labour, capital is subject to laws that maintain the At the same time it is hard to see how human dignity could have become the relational fabric of society stably enough for relationships to flourish and not be basis of the EU without its multifaceted Christian tradition. [...] Evangelicals and Pentecostals the future orientation of RT is made clear through prophetic visions of judgment will find common ground in the notion that the outpouring of the Holy Spirit (which were social critiques rather than abstract moralism) leading to the ulti- initiated and continues to inspire people to pioneer the relational life. [...] It helps to clarify that inclusion means CD has a track record of wrestling with the challenges of establishing the balance inclusion in relationship and not just inclusion in the equitable distribution of needed for a ‘social capitalism’ in practice; the ‘golden economic rule’ of RT sim- resources (though access to material resources is an essential part of it).
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