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Karam Forum: How Theology Changes Life
At Karam Forum we gather as practitioners and friends of theological education to talk about how theology changes life. At our 2019 meeting, one focus was systematic theology as a discipline. Engaging TED-style talks explored how our daily vocations are shaped by the...
Sign Up for Curricular Workshops at ETS/SBL/AAR
The Oikonomia Network is offering theological faculty in our partner schools a unique opportunity this fall. We’re grateful that you’re walking alongside us in making the changes theological education needs for the coming generation to connect our curricula to the...
Souls on Sticks and Short Talk Clips
Three years of Karam Forum have produced not just catalytic curricular tools and profound lectures, but also short talks that pack big ideas into just a few minutes. It isn't just Nathan Hitchcock's Corn Lover Story! Each session at Karam Forum begins with a session...
Why Bother with the Local Church?
Adapted from Becoming Whole: Why the Opposite of Poverty Isn’t the American Dream by Brian Fikkert and Kelly M. Kapic (Chicago: Moody Publishers 2019); originally published at Chalmers.org. If you’ve read or heard much from me over the years, you know that my...
Seminary Spotlight: Dallas Theological Seminary
March 26, 2019 was a high-water mark for work and economics at Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS), where The Hendricks Center takes primary responsibility for initiatives on those topics. In celebration of the center’s 30th anniversary, DTS held a conference entitled...
Seminary Spotlight: Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
A Navy chaplain, cross-cultural worker, women's discipleship leader and legal assistant would typically have little in common. But they do share one thing: they, like thousands of other believers, have been challenged to integrate their work, culture, faith and...
The God Who Loved Me: Mark Greene at Karam Forum
Here at the Oikonomia Network, we know what the people want. And so, without further ado: It’s in this video at time stamp 7:18. You’re welcome. https://youtu.be/Qi9gdiVnjig Karam Forum 2019 was a delightful experience for Mark Greene, as he said in his alternately...
Final Reflections on Curricular Integration Workshops
This article concludes the series 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). We end here with the questions that continue to loom largest in...
Economic Wisdom Project Talks (and Where to Find Them)
Economic Wisdom Project Talks are short, accessible, engaging and rich presentations by leading theological educators, suitable for classroom and local church use. They're about 15 minutes and feature compelling stories and simple structures, yet they convey essential...
The Call to Work and Seminaries
The Call to Work (TC2W) course is a ten-session, workshop-based experience, catalyzing spiritual formation via faith and work integration. We’re a different kind of faith and work curriculum, and we’re now looking for a different kind of partnership with theological...