by Amy Sherman, Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Faith in Communities | Jul 13, 2017 | Newsletter Articles
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...
by ALISTAIR MACKENZIE, TEACHING FELLOW AT LAIDLAW COLLEGE, NEW ZEALAND, AND MEMBER OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE THEOLOGY OF WORK PROJECT | Jul 12, 2017 | Newsletter Articles
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...
by Oikonomia Network | May 9, 2017 | Newsletter Articles
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, Vincent Bacote of Wheaton College spoke on how Christians can live as faithful disciples in a pluralistic and...
by Oikonomia Network | Apr 11, 2017 | Newsletter Articles
Note: This article describes one of the ON’s Economic Wisdom Project Talks, designed to be used as class assignments. At the first Karam Forum in March, Made to Flourish President Tom Nelson spoke on the integral relationship between faithfulness and fruitfulness....
by Alistair Mackenzie, teaching fellow at Laidlaw College, New Zealand, and member of the Steering Committee of the Theology of Work Project | Apr 11, 2017 | Newsletter Articles
Interpreting and Preaching Ecclesiastes 2 & 3: Two Different Ways to Assign this Topic Both of these assignments assume that the biblical text of these chapters will be read and examined. Also that the TOW Commentary on Ecclesiastes will be...
