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Collected Wisdom
The research notes of the Economic Wisdom Project (EWP) provide a valuable resource for anyone looking to explore the connections between the EWP’s 12 Elements and theology. Recently, we released a large collection of these notes for Elements 1-3 and Elements 4-6....
ON Point
Greg Forster Notice something different? The changes you see in our website aren’t just a facelift. Like good entrepreneurs, we’re always looking for changes we can make that will serve you better. Many of you filled out a survey at this year’s ON faculty retreat,...
Duty to Earn
Mark DeVine, associate professor of divinity, Beeson Divinity School I found it hard to complain much about the dirty, exhausting, and dangerous work in the cotton mills of upstate South Carolina. I relished what seemed a sort of primal enjoyment the physical exertion...
Lessons & Excavators
Tom Olson, pastor of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church's Barrington Campus and KPN's Chicago-based regional network coordinator Over the week of Thanksgiving 2013, I traveled to Victoria, Texas, to see my sister and her family. Besides eating some of the...
Seminary Spotlight
Seattle Pacific University By Celeste Cranston, Director, Center for Biblical and Theological Education In the fall of 2013, Seattle Pacific Seminary began a new Oikonomia Network program in cooperation with Seattle Pacific University’s Center for Biblical and...
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ON at Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) Helen Mitchell, Director of the Kern Regional Hub Scott Rae, Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Ethics The Talbot School of Theology at Biola University has been a part of the Oikonomia Network since the...
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ON at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Bruce Ashford, Provost and Associate Professor of Theology and Culture Southeastern Baptist (SEBTS) began its partnership with the Oikonomia Network through a small grant to our L. Russ Bush Center for Faith &...
Seminary Spotlight
Asbury Theological Seminary Jay Moon, Associate Professor of Church Planting and Evangelism Asbury Theological Seminary began its affiliation with the Oikonomia Network during the summer of 2013, establishing the Office of Faith, Work, and Economics in the Wesleyan...
Across Traditions
Faith, Work, and Economics in Four Traditions: Whenever we talk about faith, work, and economics, we speak from perspectives within our various faith traditions. While there are important things we hold in common as evangelicals – the faith once delivered to the...
Working and Keeping
Working and Keeping in God's Oikos By Seong Hyun Park, Assistant Professor of Old Testament, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary There are three passages in the Old Testament that employ the verbs “to work” (‘bd) and “to keep” (šmr) as a correlative pair. Reflecting...