The Rev. James Martin is a Jesuit priest and editor at large at America magazine in New York. His books include Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter Into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion and Sensitivity. 

Read a Sept. 17, 2008, column at Crosswalk.com, “Wall Street’s Troubles Are No Reason to Fear,” by Chuck Colson, a conservative evangelical Christian leader. Colson says the economic system is secure, but the crisis is a moral wake-up call for Americans.

Read a Sept. 24, 2008, column at Crosswalk.com, “Finding a Christian Perspective on the Economic Crisis,” by R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. Mohler says the American system of free enterprise remains the best and says, “There is cause for concern, but no justification for panic.”

Read a Sept. 24, 2008, column at Christianity Today titled “Where Do Evangelicals Stand on CEO Compensation?”

Read a Sept. 24, 2008, Catholic News Service story about an article in L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican’s official newspaper, citing failed governmental policies in Washington as the cause of the meltdown and calling for a more transparent system with better regulation to make the economy more equitable.

Read a Sept. 25, 2008, essay at First Things titled “Friends of the Unrighteous Mammon” by the Rev. Robert A. Sirico of the Acton Institute. Sirico argues that “the most productive economic system ever known” — that of the United States — “also happens to be the one that is most respectful of human rights and dignity, […]

Read the transcript of a Sept. 26, 2008, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly segment, “America’s Economic Crisis,” in which host Bob Abernethy speaks with the Rev. James Martin and Jim Wallis, president of Sojourners magazine, about “the moral and ethical implications of America’s economic crisis, especially its impact on the poor and working class.”

Read a Sept. 29, 2008, Christianity Today story titled “Christian Financial World Sees Silver Lining in Banking Mess.” It details how some Christian banks and credit unions — though not all — have staved off insolvency.

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