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Ending Global Hunger: Ethical Considerations

Speaker(s): Miguel de la Torre, Mike Hickcox (interviewer)

Description: The primary subject of this interview is: "Can we end hunger, and if so, how?" Areas covered include: raising consciousness, the effect of our economic policies, personal vs. national ethics, allocation of resources, political will, the power of people of faith, the conversion of the faithful to true faith, and the value of hope. Dr. Miguel A. de la Torre was the director of Iliff's Justice and Peace Institute and served as the associate professor for social ethics. He is a liberationist theologian who grew up in the barrios of New York City. His new book was "Liberating Jonah". This telephone interview was done for the "Engage" news project of the United Methodist News Service.

Length: 22:03

Recording Date: 9/11/2008
Recorded at: Nashville, Tennessee / Denver, Colorado