Klaus Issler, professor of Christian education and theology, Biola University In the Oikonomia Network program at the Talbot School of Theology, one of the best ways we have found to help seminary faculty become more aware of issues related to a theology of work and economics has been a faculty reading group. We sponsored our […]
Archives for November 2014
Helpful Talks
Greg Forster Helpful models of extracurricular events: The events profiled in this article were selected by the ON Advisory Committee as “helpful models” for network faculty to consider. While curricular integration is the biggest and most exciting challenge of the Oikonomia Network, extracurricular activities and public events are also important. They can establish a big, […]
Cleaning House
Keith Reeves, professor of biblical studies, Azusa-Pacific University The temple cleansing narrative, found in all four Gospels, is a fascinating story. And if popular appeals to the story are anything to go by, it appears to have contemporary relevance for the church. Given that a lot of Christians are talking about this passage and applying […]
Seminary Spotlight
Moody Theological Seminary Sajan Mathews, professor of systematic theology Moody Theological Seminary, in partnership with its parent school Moody Bible Institute, is in its second year of building an Oikonomia Network program. We call our program the Faith, Work, and Economics Initiative. The first year of the initiative helped lay the foundation by beginning to […]
Tolle Lege
Greg Forster One of the things I do most frequently in my work is recommend books. There are tens of thousands of titles on this topic, and quality is very uneven. People need to know what titles they can trust to be a fruitful investment of their time. It has been part of my role […]
Bock & Bradley @ ETS
Come hear Darrell Bock and Anthony Bradley address “Economic Justice and the Mission of the Church” at this year’s meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society! Bock is a senior research professor of New Testament studies and the executive director of cultural engagement at the Hendricks Center at Dallas Theological Seminary. Bradley is an associate professor […]