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 2017 Karam Forum, Constantine Campbell of Trinity International University spoke on the tensions of Christian identity in the modern...
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 and the author of The Poisoned Chalice. | Mar 14, 2017 | Newsletter Articles
Here are sample assignments to help inspire fresh thinking about how to incorporate a concern for vocation, flourishing and economic justice across the curriculum. Several of these ideas were adapted from the Theology of Work Project article “TOW For Scholars and...
by Darrell L. Bock, executive director for cultural engagement, Howard G. Hendricks Center for Christian Leadership and Cultural Engagement, and senior research professor of New Testament Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary | Dec 8, 2016 | Newsletter Articles
One might think that Philemon has little to say about the theology of work. However pursuing vocation often raises key relational questions, especially in a world consumed by issues of rank and status. How Paul handles the relationship between the slave Onesimus and...
by Oikonomia Network | Apr 11, 2016 | Newsletter Articles
Keith Reeves, professor of biblical studies, Azusa Pacific University Note: This is the second part of a two-part article. As we have seen, rich people and their often-foolish lifestyles are an important theme in Luke. Having looked at the story of the rich fool and...
by Oikonomia Network | Mar 7, 2016 | Newsletter Articles
Keith Reeves, professor of biblical studies, Azusa Pacific University Note: This is the first part of a two-part article. Consider the lifestyles of four rich men: a fool, a tormented man, a sad man, and a man who is saved. Luke spends much of his time talking about...
