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Transforming Vocation


Transforming Vocation

Connecting Theology, Church, and the Workplace for a Flourishing World
Australian College of Theology Monograph Series

von: David Benson, Kara Martin, Andrew Sloane

33,99 €

Verlag: Wipf And Stock Publishers
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 12.05.2021
ISBN/EAN: 9781666701586
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 276

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There has been an explosion of publishing in the faith-work movement in the last twenty years. Work is increasingly seen as the new frontier for Christian mission. However, the church and theological colleges have failed to keep up with the interest among, and needs of, workplace Christians.
This book is the urgent corrective that is needed, moving past Theology of Work 101 to much deeper encounters with God's word as it relates to daily work. These twelve academic papers look at work through three different lenses: the workplace, the church, and theological education.
It is prefaced by Mark Greene from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity, reflecting on what work, church, and theological education would look like if there was no sacred-secular divide. In the concluding remarks, the editors imagine a future where each domain is transformed by the gospel, working dynamically together for the life of the world.
While academic in terms of depth of thinking, quality of research, and referencing of crucial sources for further exploration, this book is never dry. Rather, it's life-giving and provocative for every vocation, asking fundamental questions of the reader: What is the work that God is calling you to do? How can the gospel transform your work? And how well-positioned are churches and colleges to be at the forefront of transforming vocation?

With contributions from:

Mark Greene
James Pietsch
Peter White
Peter Docherty
Gordon Preece
Keith Mitchell
David Fagg
Ian Hussey
Colin Noble
Andrew Matthews
Sarah Bacaller
Samuel Curkpatrick
Maggie Kappelhoff
David Benson directs Culture and Discipleship at the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity (licc.org.uk). Formerly he lectured in practical theology, worldviews, apologetics, evangelism and faith–work integration at Malyon Theological College, an affiliate of the Australian College of Theology, based in Brisbane, Queensland. His work concerns pluralistic dialogue and the public expression of Christian faith in a post-Christendom context, toward the flourishing of all.
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<br> Kara Martin is the author of&#xa0;
<i>Workship: How to Use your Work to Worship God</i>, and&#xa0;
<i>Workship 2: How to Flourish at Work</i>, and is a lecturer in leadership at Alphacrucis College in Sydney. She coaches social entrepreneurs and marketplace leaders through&#xa0;
<span style="text-decoration: underline">seed.org.au</span>&#xa0;and is on the Marketplace Ministry Board of Lausanne Global. Her third book,&#xa0;
<i>How to Shape Christians for the Workplace</i>, is awaiting publication. She has spoken, taught and written across four continents.
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<b>Andrew Sloane</b> is Director of Research and Senior Lecturer in Old Testament and Christian thought at Morling College, where he has taught since 2002. He teaches in the areas of integration of faith and work, Old Testament, philosophy of religion, and bioethics. Andrew qualified in medicine and practiced briefly as a doctor before training as a Baptist pastor. His latest book is
<i>Vulnerability and Care: Christian Reflections on the Philosophy of Medicine</i> (2016).
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“Reconnecting theological knowledge to what people actually do with most of their waking hours is the essential challenge of our time for academic theology, for the local church, and for Christians in their workplaces. This volume contributes on all three fronts. . . . Timely and informative . . . scholarly and rigorous.”
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<br> —Greg Forster, director, Oikonomia Network
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<br> “Every generation of Christians needs to reclaim an understanding of vocation for all the people of God, not merely those entering the Christian professions. . . . These essays offer rich, mature resources for marketplace workers, pastors, and seminary teachers, who together form the necessary matrix of ministry in this task of vocation-reclamation.”
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<br> —Neil Hudson, author of
<i>Scattered &amp; Gathered</i>
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