The Question of Work

and the Christian Response: New Testament Ethics

Public Survey/Display

Does the Good Outweigh the Bad? (and instructions)

What Can We Do About Evil? (and instructions and theology of evil)

What Can We Do About Evil? brochure version

What Story Do You Live In? (and associated message)

Race - What's the Problem? (and instructions)

Race - What's the Problem? brochure form

 

Personal and Practical: Embracing Jesus' Transformation of You

Human Dignity: Does Every Individual Matter?

God as the Foundation of Human Rights (Genesis 1 - 11)

 

 

Progress, Justice, & Occupational Work:  A Literary Approach to a Problem in Christian Ethics

Table of Contents

Part One:  Creation, Fall, and the Experience of Israel

   Chapter 1:  Creation, Curse, and Work in Genesis 1 - 3

   Chapter 2:  Genesis 1 - 4 as the Origins of Human Civilization

   Chapter 3:  Genesis 1 - 11 as God's Foundation for Human Worth and Value

   Chapter 4:  Israel's Experience of Blessing - God's Good People on God's Good Land

   Chapter 5:  Israel's Experience of the Fall - Cyclical Work Outside the Perfect Garden

   Chapter 6:  Israel's Experience of Cain's Disobedience - Work as Importing Paganism into Israel

   Chapter 7:  Israel's Experience of Exile - Work as Survival in Pagan Civilization

Part Two:  Israel and Jesus

   Chapter 8:  The Socio-Economic Vision of Jesus for His Followers

   Chapter 9:  Jesus and the Debate over Israel's Wealth, Part 1

   Chapter 10:  Jesus and the Debate over Israel's Wealth, Part 2

   Chapter 11:  The Primacy of Luke's Literary Engagement with the Old Testament

   Chapter 12:  Wealth in the New Testament Documents

   Chapter 13:  Jesus' Socio-Political Ethics in the Gentile World - the Acts of the Apostles

   Chapter 14:  An Evaluation of the Western Church's Teaching on Social Stability and Financial Security

Part Three:  New Creation Ethics in Paul and the Political Context of Human Work

   Chapter 15:  Political Theology in the New Testament and Early Church

   Chapter 16:  The New Creation and Our Calling in 1 Corinthians

   Chapter 17:  An Evaluation of Political Theology in Medieval Catholicism

   Chapter 18:  An Evaluation of Political Theology in the Lutheran and Reformed Traditions

   Chapter 19:  An Evaluation of Liberation Theology

   Chapter 20:  An Evaluation of the Catholic Social Magisterium

Part Four:  Areas of Critical Engagement

   Chapter 21:  Slavery in the Bible, Slavery Today - Does God Care? (and ppt)

   Chapter 22:  U.S. Foreign Policy, Abortion, and Racial & Ethnic Injustice

   Chapter 23:  Engaging the Public School System

   Chapter 24:  Engaging the Corporation

   Chapter 25:  Organization and Authority

 

Additional Resources

Tim Muehlhoff and Todd Lewis, Authentic Communication

Kenman Wong and Scott Rae, Business for the Common Good

David Lyle Jeffrey and Gregory Maillet, Christianity and Literature

John Coe and Todd Hall, Education for Human Flourishing

Francis Beckwith, Politics for Christians

John Coe and Todd Hall, Psychology in the Spirit

Monica Toft, Daniel Philpott, Timothy Shah, God's Century: Resurgent Religion and Global Politics

Darren Cushman Wood, Blue Collar Jesus: How Christianity Supports Workers' Rights

 

 

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