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Transforming Vocation: Connecting Theology, Church, and the Workplace for a Flourishing World
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 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 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
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
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 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 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
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
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Published May 25, 2021
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April 10, 2023An excellent resource for those wanting to think beyond dualistic constructions of religious/secular vocation from within a Christian framework. The title of the book is drawn from a conference of the same name, the chapters of this book stemming from a selection of papers given at the conference. This is a thoughtful collection that draws together diverse resources from economics, education, philosophy, hermeneutics and epistemology for a distinctive Australian contribution to Christian theologies of work.
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