So I am starting the dissertation for my Masters in Applied Theology. I was interested in looking at the Spirit in Job, but decided that it would not exactly lend itself well to the application bit. Instead I have chosen to do 20,000 words on work/vocation in Genesis 1-5, how it has impacted in other areas of scripture and history and what resource it can supply to contemporary considerations.
I am excited and ready to dig in, though I know it will be quite a lot of work. I am amazed at how little work has been done at an academic level to look at a theology of work and particularly looking at a biblical theology of work. The New Testament's hot spot is Thessalonians, which I did consider. In the end, though, I felt that looking at Genesis would provide a more substantial, foundational input to the topic, as well as the fact that much less work has been done on it compared with Thessalonians.
I will likely post some of my findings and updates on progress on here and/or Dust and Light as we go along. The plan to finish by the end of the summer.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
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Very exciting! I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts!! =D
This sounds interesting. I wonder what these chapters have to say about the sacred/secular divide and how we need to pull down this division that we have built up over history.
Cool! Excited to see how this turns out. The 'theology of work' thing is a good point, I haven't heard anything along those lines either. It seems like you might have the resources to develop a fuller understanding of 'sabbath' in this project too.
Daniel, though you had spoken in previous articles about your desire to continually start new projects over the desire to finish current projects, this will no doubt become one of those projects you have to finish. ;)
Blessings in your journey.
Hi would love to read where you get to working with Creativity and a theology of work myself.
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