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Rescuing Church Growth from Idolatry

by Andrew Root, professor of youth and family ministry, Luther Seminary

Note: From, Baal and the Gods of More (Baker Academic, 2026). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. Before we got to Rome and Vatican City, we spent three days in Istanbul, the great city surrounded by water, balanced between...

Discipling the Diseased Imagination

by Justin Ariel Bailey, dean of chapel and professor of theology, Dordt University

Note: From, Discipling the Diseased Imagination (Baker Academic, 2026). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. I have always loved stories about dragons. Much of my fascination owes to the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, whose legends of...

A Vision for Flourishing in the Medieval University

by Boyd Coolman, associate professor of theology, Boston College

Our peer-reviewed journal, Faith & Flourishing, is pleased to publish its latest article: “Hugh, Bonaventure and Human Flourishing in the Medieval University" by Boyd Taylor Coolman, which is being published in Faith & Flourishing Volume 5...

EWP Talks on Pastoral Leadership: Stewarding

by Oikonomia Network

Our collection of EWP Talks on Pastoral Leadership will equip your students for the unique task of stewarding both the gospel and their congregations. Pastors are chief “oikonomists” of the Christian theological knowledge tradition (I Corinthians 4:1) and are...

How to Read the Bible So People Actually Hear It

by Bo Lim, professor of Old Testament, Seattle Pacific University

Note: From, Contextual Theological Interpretation: An Integrated Model for Reading the Bible (Baker Academic, 2025). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. Half a century ago, James Smart wrote about the disappearance of the Bible in...

Member Spotlight: Don’t Be a Cynic

by Vince Bacote, professor of theology, Wheaton College

Note: Our Member Spotlight series continues with Vince Bacote. A transcript of the interview appears below. If you are a Karam Fellowship member and would like to be in the spotlight, drop us a line! https://youtu.be/ThLVQE1-7CM?si=THIwQ1oJ7X3er73x Greg Forster ...

Karam Fellowship Hires First-Ever Executive Director: Alaine Buchanan

by Oikonomia Network

Karam Fellowship has hired Alaine Buchanan as its first-ever executive director. Buchanan brings to the new role her extensive experience in faculty and administrative leadership, her strategic vision for the growth of the Fellowship to serve theological educators,...

Christian Political Economy

by Erik W. Matson, Gibbons Fellow in Economics, The Catholic University of America; and Jordan J. Ballor, executive director of the Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy, First Liberty Institute

Note: From, A History of Christian Political Economy: From the Patristics to the Present (B&H Academics, 2026). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. This volume is intended to provide a survey of the broad sweep of...

Schools as Partners for Flourishing

by Amy L. Sherman, director of Center on Faith in Communities, Sagamore Institute

Our peer-reviewed journal, Faith & Flourishing, is pleased to publish its latest article: “Partners for Flourishing: How Christian Colleges and Seminaries Help Local Churches Thrive," by Amy L. Sherman, which is being published in Faith &...

EWP Talks on Spiritual Formation: A Vast Vision

by Oikonomia Network

Our collection of EWP Talks on Spiritual Formation will give your students a bigger vision of what it means to be formed in Christlikeness. Against the spiritual bankruptcy of rote “box checking,” haranguing people to go through the motions of religious works and...

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