by Oikonomia Network | Mar 12, 2019 | Newsletter Articles
What if we’re getting the whole sacred/secular problem backward? The faith and work movement is concerned that Christians have divided a sacred church from a secular world, cutting off the world from the mission of God – and cutting off most of our own...
by ALISTAIR MACKENZIE, TEACHING FELLOW, LAIDLAW COLLEGE | Mar 11, 2019 | Newsletter Articles
This the latest in a series of articles sharing insights from a joint curricular development initiative of the ON, the Theology of Work Project and three ON schools (Asbury, Assemblies of God and Western). In our curricular workshops, we only had one conversation with...
by Dan Churchwell, associate director of program outreach, Acton Institute | Mar 11, 2019 | Newsletter Articles
Note: This article is the latest in a series highlighting resources for theological educators. In June 2019, the Acton Institute will welcome 50 Oikonomia fellows to Grand Rapids, Mi. to attend Acton University. Being awarded an...
by Abson Prédestin Joseph, dean and professor of New Testament | Mar 11, 2019 | Newsletter Articles
Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University has had an integrative mission from its founding in 2009. It is against this backdrop that we view our partnership with, and participation in, the Oikonomia Network. There are strong affinities between the way Wesley...
by Ken Magnuson, professor of Christian ethics | Mar 11, 2019 | Newsletter Articles
One of the many things we have discussed among our faculty and with our students over the past five years is how work and economics represent a major arena in our lives, through which we have opportunities to love and serve our neighbors. It is a reminder that we...