The Oikonomia Fellows Program at Acton University is already half full! These fellowships provide full support for a limited number of evangelical theological educators to attend the Acton Institute’s annual conference on June 14-17 in Grand Rapids. John Calvin may well have had Acton in mind when he wrote “finitum non capax infiniti.” Just as […]
Archives for February 2016
David Miller on the History and Future of Faith & Work
Adam Joyce, program assistant, Center for Transformational Churches This year, the Oikonomia Network’s annual faculty retreat featured provocative and stimulating talks from three leaders of the faith and work movement. Access their talks and slides here: David Miller, “God Bless Us, Every One: The Past, Present and Future of the Faith and Work Movement” (audio) […]
Teaching Systematic: Gifts of the Spirit
Benjamin Quinn, assistant professor of theology and history of ideas, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Note: This article explores a touchpoint for curricular integration from the ON’s annual curricular integration workshop. What are gifts of the Spirit? Often, student answers to this question are influenced by larger theological issues in the American church – the sacred-secular […]
Faith@Work Summit Open
Bill Peel, founding executive director, Center for Faith & Work, LeTourneau University What will it take for every Christian in the workplace to become a whole-life disciple? What can we do to help lawyers, plumbers, teachers, engineers, entrepreneurs – people in every profession – see their work as a holy calling and their workplace as […]
Seminary Spotlight
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Richard Lints, vice president for academic affairs and Andrew Mutch Professsor of Theology Over the past several years, our faculty have explored, in a variety of ways, the multi-dimensional character of faith, work and economics. They have done this by strategically engaging the relationship between our community and curriculum, and helped preparing […]
Seminary Highlights
Legacy Award for Professional Faithfulness Sajan Mathews, professor of systematic theology, Moody Theological Seminary On April 14, 2016, Moody Theological Seminary (MTS) will launch the Moody Theological Seminary 1886 Legacy Award. The MTS 1886 Legacy recipients are individuals who have demonstrated an outstanding use of Christian principles within their profession or ministry by strongly integrating […]