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Archives for March 2017

Announcing Karam Forum 2018

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On March 2-3, 140 theological educators and Christian academics braved the Chicago winter to collaborate, network, share and contribute at the Oikonomia Network’s inaugural Karam Forum, held at Trinity International University. The whole-life discipleship conversation going on in Christian higher education, including the vocation to love God and neighbor through fruitful work and wisdom about […]

See Our Partners at Work!

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At Karam Forum 2017, the Oikonomia Network debuted two short but powerful new videos about the work of our schools and our network. Check them out and share them with peers to help them know what ON is all about! In “Our Partners at Work,” leaders from across the many diverse schools of the ON […]

Sample Assignments across the Curriculum

byJennifer Woodruff Tait is managing editor of Christian History, content editor for The High Calling at the Theology of Work Project, an Episcopal priest and the author of The Poisoned Chalice.

Here are sample assignments to help inspire fresh thinking about how to incorporate a concern for vocation, flourishing and economic justice across the curriculum. Several of these ideas were adapted from the Theology of Work Project article “TOW For Scholars and Academics.” Biblical Studies (Old or New Testament): Ask students to take one of the […]

Christian Resistance to a Culture of Persecution and Dependence

byMako Fujimura, director of the Brehm Center

Note: This is an excerpt from Silence and Beauty: Hidden Faith Born of Suffering. The Oikonomia Network is pleased to announce that Mako will speak at Karam Forum 2018, Jan. 4-5 in the Los Angeles area. See more resources at Mako’s book website. On a day I spent in Kyoto to do research for this […]

Spotlight: Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

byEvan Lenow, Bobby L. and Janis Eklund Chair of Stewardship and director, Land Center for Cultural Engagement

The Land Center for Cultural Engagement coordinates Oikonomia Network programs at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. As part of our faith and work initiative, we plan student events, conferences, colloquia and other activities that seek to bring attention to the themes of work, vocation and human flourishing. Highlights from 2016 Last year was very busy for […]

Spotlight: Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

byKenneth Barnes, Mockler-Phillips Chair in Workplace Theology and Business Ethics and director, Mocker Center for Faith and Ethics in the Workplace

There are few things more daunting to an academic then returning to one’s alma mater to give a talk. When that talk is part of an interview for a teaching position however, the emotional stakes are even higher. That was my experience when I visited Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary nearly thirty years after graduation to deliver […]