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Getting Past “Order v. Sin”

Getting Past “Order v. Sin”

Theology and Business: From “Order v. Sin” to Personhood, Relationship, and Community Randal Franz, associate professor of management, Seattle Pacific University This article is adapted by the author from “An Exercise in Theological Imagination,” which appeared in the...

The Privilege of Teaching

The Privilege of Teaching

Donald Guthrie, Jeanette L. Hsieh Chair of Educational Leadership, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School The ON advisory committee has developed a brief summary of key pedagogical principles that guide its work when considering syllabi and other potential “helpful...

Seminary Spotlight

Seminary Spotlight

Beeson Divinity School Mark DeVine, associate professor of divinity Beeson Divinity School joined the Oikonomia Network in August 2013. We seek to engage students, pastors, and faculty in reflection upon human flourishing according to the witness of Holy Scripture in...

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Seminary, Church, and Marketplace Jim Hislop, director, Center for Leadership Development, Western Seminary At Western Seminary we are working to develop and equip “model churches” in the communities we have influence in. We ask the leaders of these churches to...

New at AU

Get ready for a change – the Acton Institute’s fellowship program is adapting to serve you better. Since 2009, Acton has offered a fellowship that pays for seminary professors and administrators to attend its Acton University conference every June. The conference and...

The Story of Markets and Morals

The Story of Markets and Morals

Bruce Baker, assistant professor of business ethics, Seattle Pacific University Helpful models of academic papers: This article is adapted from an academic paper selected by the ON Advisory Committee as a “helpful model” for network faculty to consider. The original...

New Testament and Economics Conference

New Testament and Economics Conference

John Taylor, associate professor of New Testament, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary A conversation around a table at the Kern Fellows’ curricular integration workshop at Acton University in June 2013 bore unexpected and very welcome fruit. What began as a...

Faith@Work Summit

Faith@Work Summit

Al Erisman, executive in residence, Seattle Pacific University School of Business, Government, and Economics God is at work through his people at work. What does this look like? This was the question that 270 pastors, business/workplace leaders, theologians,...

Seminary Spotlight

Seminary Spotlight

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Ken Magnuson, professor of Christian ethics Southern Baptist Theological Seminary joined the Oikonomia Network in January 2014, launching The Commonweal Project on Faith, Work, and Human Flourishing to engage students, faculty,...

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The Shark Tank of Social Entrepreneurship ON at Asbury Seminary Cindy Dean, administrative assistant, Office of Faith, Work, and Economics Jay Moon, associate professor of church planting and evangelism Over 140 students, pastors, and business leaders convened this...