Essays on the Environment, the Economy, and the Church, Part 1
We are in the process of selecting a working title for our project. As discussed with Dean McGrady, we are eager for the opportunity to showcase the early phases of collaborate scholarship and academic publishing for our students and the campus community at large. (And, in due time, to present the final phases at Scholar Week next year.)
We're planning our volume for a total of twelve essays divided into three parts with three contributors for each part—one individually authored essay each plus a coauthored essay by all three part-writing contributors. Each part, then, is managed by a committee of those three contributors, one of whom chairs that part-writing committee. The part-writing committee chairs, in turn, also serve on a publishing committee to attend to the volume as a whole. So, Dean McGrady suggested (a) that each of the four committees hold a panel discussion related to its contributors' roles in the project; and (b) that one panel be scheduled for each day of Scholar Week. The format for each 40-minute panel, then, would be 10 minutes for each panelist (totaling no more than 30 minutes) plus 10 minutes for questions.
Abstract
What is the church to do? In today’s fast-paced world, with increased strife about climate change and the growing disparity between rich and poor, religious institutions seem to contribute to as many problems as they claim to solve. Our project brings together nine Christian ecologists, economists, and ecclesiologists on faculty at Olivet Nazarene University to talk about what it means for all of us—particularly college students and other Christian laypersons—to think of the church less as a place or an event and more as God’s people empowered to make a difference in our earthly home.
Essays on the Environment, the Economy, and the Church, Part 1
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What is the church to do? In today’s fast-paced world, with increased strife about climate change and the growing disparity between rich and poor, religious institutions seem to contribute to as many problems as they claim to solve. Our project brings together nine Christian ecologists, economists, and ecclesiologists on faculty at Olivet Nazarene University to talk about what it means for all of us—particularly college students and other Christian laypersons—to think of the church less as a place or an event and more as God’s people empowered to make a difference in our earthly home.