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Archives for October 2017

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 Society […]

Karam Forum 2018: A “Flipped Conference”

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You’ve heard of a flipped classroom? In response to your feedback, we’ve designed Karam Forum 2018 as a flipped conference. The agenda for our time together in Los Angeles this January focuses on dialogue and mutual learning – but with an innovative twist that allows us to include great individual talks as well. Register to […]

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. Theology/Doctrine Have students take a statement from either the Nicene or Apostles’ Creed and link it to a current news or human interest article that centers on problems and issues […]

Road Reflections: Stories of Vocational Navigation

byDarrell Cosden, author of A Theology of Work and The Heavenly Good of Earthly Work

Note: The author, a longtime leader in the faith and work movement, has embarked on a road trip over the next several months to have conversations with ordinary people about their work in these challenging times. This is the first in a series of articles on his discoveries and reflections. The conversation will continue with […]

Koinonia: Communicating the Goods of Creation

byBrent Waters, Jerre and Mary Joy Stead Professor of Christian Social Ethics, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

Note: This article spotlights the work of Brent Waters, who has been named an individual faculty partner in the Oikonomia Network. It is an excerpt from his recent landmark book, Just Capitalism: A Christian Ethic of Economic Globalization. The thesis of this chapter is simple and straightforward: humans flourish as individuals and as members of […]

Spotlight: Western Seminary

byJosh Mathews, assistant professor of biblical studies and Ron Mars, professor of youth and pastoral ministry

At Western Seminary we are invested in training Christians to be catalysts for whole-life discipleship and fruitful engagement in culture and communities in a variety of ways. At the core of our mission is our graduate-level seminary curriculum. We have been working for several months now on a process of evaluating and enhancing the degree […]