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Economic Value: What Should We Want?
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...
Economics of Love at ETS, Human Flourishing at AAR
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...
Spotlight: Grand Rapids Theological Seminary
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...
Spotlight: The Spirituality of Jesus as a Calling, Part II
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...
New EWP Talk: Striving in His Image is Flourishing
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, Bruce Fields of Trinity International University shared the story of Reverend Leslie – a man who worked...
Flourishing: What is Good for Us?
Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from Amy Sherman's chapter in the Oikonomia Network's new minibook, Economic Wisdom for Churches: A Primer on Stewardship, Poverty and Flourishing. In it, Sherman discusses the relational dimensions of flourishing...
Karam Forum Early Bird Discount Ends Soon!
Karam Forum is a two-day gathering for theological educators and Christian academics. Leading Bible and theology scholars will help you train a new generation of Christians who follow King Jesus by loving their neighbors in their daily tasks. At Karam Forum 2018, join...
Teaching Ethics: Ethics at Work and in Business
Traditional seminary ethics courses tend to focus on an introduction to the main schools of ethical thought and approaches to moral reasoning, combined with discussion of a few contentious moral issues. Topics discussed often include abortion, euthanasia, capital...
Spotlight: Nazarene Theological Seminary
Note: Dean Blevins is an individual faculty partner in the Oikonomia Network. Nazarene Theological Seminary (NTS) has a heritage of vocation, flourishing and economic wisdom programs that will spark additional entrepreneurial efforts in the near future. NTS faculty...
Spotlight: The Spirituality of Jesus as a Calling, Part I
Note: This article spotlights the work of Paul Anderson, an individual faculty partner in the Oikonomia Network. See Part II of this series here. Several years ago, Dan Kimball came out with a book entitled They Like Jesus But Not the Church. While American...