The Oikonomia Network (ON) will once again host a public lunch event at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society. Titled “The Global Economy: Implications for the Church,” this year’s event will be hosted by Scott Rae and will feature two co-presenters: P.J. Hill, professor emeritus of economics at Wheaton College, and the ON’s […]
Archives for October 2013
ON Point
Greg Forster Every day, we can see new reasons why it’s so urgent for pastors to connect discipleship to work and economics. As I write this column, The New York Times has just published an article criticizing evangelicals for overemphasizing transnational adoption as a response to global poverty. Admittedly, the author strains to blow some problems out […]
Seminary Spotlight
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Craig Mitchell, Associate Professor of Cultural Studies, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS) began its participation in the Oikonomia Network in 2010. Our ON program is housed in the Richard Land Center for Cultural Engagement, which I direct. The center was established in order to open doors for the […]
More Highlights
The Oikonomia Network at Moody Theological Seminary Sajan Mathews, Professor of Systematic Theology, Moody Theological Seminary Though Moody Theological Seminary (MTS) is only in its first year as an Oikonomia Network school, it has already taken significant steps toward helping pastors, faculty, students, and (through Moody Radio) the general public integrate faith, work, and economics, leading […]
Hope for a Community
W. Jay Moon, Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies, Asbury Theological Seminary Let me describe a community to you. Most of the fathers in this community wake up each day with no place to go for work. In fact, unemployment sometimes reaches over 80 percent. Extended families pool their meager resources in order to provide for […]
Spiritual Capital
What’s So Spiritual about Capital? Bruce Baker, Assistant Professor of Business Ethics, Seattle Pacific University Spiritual capital is becoming a hot topic. It helps explain the appeal of new ideas like Bill Gates’ “creative capitalism” and John Mackey’s “conscious capitalism.” Yet it goes beyond these secular notions by recognizing that working to create value is […]
Spiritual Capital
What’s So Spiritual about Capital? Bruce Baker, Assistant Professor of Business Ethics, Seattle Pacific University Spiritual capital is becoming a hot topic. It helps explain the appeal of new ideas like Bill Gates’ “creative capitalism” and John Mackey’s “conscious capitalism.” Yet it goes beyond these secular notions by recognizing that working to create value is […]