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Theology that Works

Archives for August 2017

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, an affiliate professor at Asbury Theological Seminary, and the author of The Poisoned Chalice.

Here are more sample assignments to help inspire fresh thinking about how to incorporate a concern for vocation, flourishing and economic justice across the curriculum. Biblical Studies Have students do an exegetical word study on one of the following words in New Testament Greek related to work, economics, and vocation: ἔργον / ἐργάτης ἐνεργέω τέχνη […]

NEW EWP TALK: All Good Work: Creation and Parenthood

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Note: This article describes one of the ON’s Economic Wisdom Project Talks, designed to be used as class assignments. At the inaugural Karam Forum, Mark Roberts of Fuller Seminary spoke about the need to rethink what truly counts as good work. Resisting the cultural narrative that “work” only happens in a job, Roberts contends that all good work […]

Economic Value: What Should We Want?

byJordan Ballor, senior research fellow and director of publishing, Acton Institute

Editor’s Note: This article is an excerpt from Jordan Ballor’s chapter in the Oikonomia Network’s new minibook, Economic Wisdom for Churches: A Primer on Stewardship, Poverty and Flourishing. In it, Ballor discusses the importance of families and churches helping form people’s economic preferences for what is objectively good. The conversation will be sure to continue at Karam […]

Economics of Love at ETS, Human Flourishing at AAR

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Heads up if you’re attending ETS in Providence or AAR in Boston this November! The ON will be serving up stimulating panels at both meetings. The Economics of Love at ETS Tom Nelson will discuss his transformative new book, The Economics of Neighborly Love, at the Oikonomia Network’s annual lunch event during the Evangelical Theological […]

Spotlight: The Spirituality of Jesus as a Calling, Part II

byPaul Anderson, professor of biblical and Quaker studies, George Fox University

Note: This article spotlights the work of Paul Anderson, an individual faculty partner in the Oikonomia Network. Part I appeared in last month’s newsletter. An inclusive quest for Jesus that embraces his calling in all of life seeks to recover a sense of Jesus and his ministry in ways that extend beyond organized religion and […]

Spotlight: Grand Rapids Theological Seminary

byDarrell Yoder, director of Talking Points and the Pirsig Fellowship

At Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, we are nearing completion of two multi-year projects related to the work of the Oikonomia Network. These two projects have focused on helping students and local pastors develop a biblical theology of work and to pursue faithful approaches economics and poverty. Local Pastors and Churches First, for local pastors and […]