by ALISTAIR MACKENZIE, TEACHING FELLOW AT LAIDLAW COLLEGE, NEW ZEALAND, AND MEMBER OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE THEOLOGY OF WORK PROJECT | Sep 7, 2017 | Newsletter Articles
Stories from, about and for women at work have not often been told as prominently as those of men in Christian contexts and discussions about work and economic life. Where to Start? One important starting point for Christians must be to take a fresh look at what the...
by Jennifer Woodruff Tait is managing editor of Christian History, content editor for The High Calling at the Theology of Work Project, an Episcopal priest, an affiliate professor at Asbury Theological Seminary, and the author of The Poisoned Chalice. | Aug 5, 2017 | Newsletter Articles
Here are more sample assignments to help inspire fresh thinking about how to incorporate a concern for vocation, flourishing and economic justice across the curriculum. Biblical Studies Have students do an exegetical word study on one of the following words in New...
by Paul Anderson, professor of biblical and Quaker studies, George Fox University | Aug 5, 2017 | Newsletter Articles
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...
by Paul Anderson, professor of biblical and Quaker studies, George Fox University | Jul 12, 2017 | Newsletter Articles
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...
by Oikonomia Network | Jun 14, 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, Celeste Cranston of Seattle Pacific University spoke on the Parable of the Two Sons (often known as the...
