“Created in the image of God”
Ecumenical Week of Responsibility 2024 will take place from 20-27 October under the theme Created in the Image of God. Responsible Week 2024 will continue with the theme of a sustainable future, focusing on the UN’s 10th Sustainable Future Goal (Visit an external site. The link opens in a new tab.), which is to reduce inequalities.
We are all created in the image of God, in our own way. This means that no one is more valuable or important than another. Yet people are being discriminated based on different grounds. Inequality is seen as a problem in itself, but it also has wide-ranging consequences, both domestically and globally.
Reducing inequalities
Inequalities exist in different ways. It takes the form of racism and discrimination on the basis of the colour of people’s skin or their background, the neglect of people with disabilities, mental ill-health among young people and gender inequalities (this is addressed by Sustainable Future Goal 5). Changes in society brought about by artificial intelligence may also increase inequalities. Inequalities can also have a negative impact on democracy. Inequality increases insecurity and xenophobia, conflicts can increase and extreme poverty can lead to unsustainable exploitation of the environment. Reducing inequality is therefore also a tool for peace.
Responsibility Week is a joint and local effort
Theme of equality will be highlighted in seminars, training sessions, and of course in various spiritual events. Ecumenical Week of Responsibility is a joint campaign carried out together with different congrecations and partners. Ecumenical Council provides information and action materials on the theme and various events in cooperation with experts, churches and Nordic partners.
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