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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. --Greg Forster, director, Oikonomia Network 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. --Neil Hudson, author of Scattered & Gathered

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. --Greg Forster, director, Oikonomia Network 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. --Neil Hudson, author of Scattered & Gathered

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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. Kara Martin is the author of Workship: How to Use your Work to Worship God, and Workship 2: How to Flourish at Work, and is a lecturer in leadership at Alphacrucis College in Sydney. She coaches social entrepreneurs and marketplace leaders through seed.org.au and is on the Marketplace Ministry Board of Lausanne Global. Her third book, How to Shape Christians for the Workplace, is awaiting publication. She has spoken, taught and written across four continents. Andrew Sloane 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 Vulnerability and Care: Christian Reflections on the Philosophy of Medicine (2016).

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