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 […]
Archives for October 2017
Karam Forum 2018: A “Flipped Conference”
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
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
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
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
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 […]