by Oikonomia Network | Oct 2, 2017 | Newsletter Articles
Heads up if you’re attending ETS in Providence or AAR in Boston this November! The ON will be serving up stimulating panels at both meetings. The Economics of Love at ETS Tom Nelson will discuss his transformative new book, The Economics of Neighborly Love, at...
by Oikonomia Network | Oct 2, 2017 | Newsletter Articles
You’ve heard of a flipped classroom? In response to your feedback, we’ve designed Karam Forum 2018 as a flipped conference. The agenda for our time together in Los Angeles this January focuses on dialogue and mutual learning – but with an innovative twist that allows...
by Jennifer Woodruff Tait is managing editor of Christian History, content editor for The High Calling at the Theology of Work Project, an Episcopal priest, an affiliate professor at Asbury Theological Seminary, and the author of The Poisoned Chalice. | Oct 2, 2017 | Newsletter Articles
Here are more sample assignments to help inspire fresh thinking about how to incorporate a concern for vocation, flourishing and economic justice across the curriculum. Theology/Doctrine Have students take a statement from either the Nicene or Apostles’ Creed and link...
by Darrell Cosden, author of A Theology of Work and The Heavenly Good of Earthly Work | Oct 2, 2017 | Newsletter Articles
Note: The author, a longtime leader in the faith and work movement, has embarked on a road trip over the next several months to have conversations with ordinary people about their work in these challenging times. This is the first in a series of articles on his...
by Brent Waters, Jerre and Mary Joy Stead Professor of Christian Social Ethics, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary | Oct 2, 2017 | Newsletter Articles
Note: This article spotlights the work of Brent Waters, who has been named an individual faculty partner in the Oikonomia Network. It is an excerpt from his recent landmark book, Just Capitalism: A Christian Ethic of Economic Globalization. The thesis of this chapter...
