Ergasia

Episode 3 - What is Work? Part I

In this episode, we begin our exploration of the question What is Work? Along the way, we'll discover it's not as straight-forward a question as we might imagine, and that many caveats and complexities make finding an answer a tricky business indeed!ReferencesBottomley, John Hard Work Never Killed Anybody: How the Idolisation of Work Sustains this Deadly Lie. Northcote: Morning Star Publishing, 2015.
Cosden, Darrell A Theology of Work: Work and the New Creation. Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2004.
Fleming, Peter Resisting Work: The Corporatization of Life and its Discontents. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2015.
Hannam, James God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science. Duxford: Icon Books Ltd, 2010.
Jensen, David H. Responsive Labor: A Theology of Work. Louisville & London: Westminster John Knox Press, 2006
Volf, Miroslav Work In The Spirit: Toward a Theology of Work. Eugene: Wif and Stock Publisher, 2001

Episode 2 - The Theology of Work

In this episode we will explore the necessity for the Church to develop a systematic theology of work, using as our lens an encounter between Jesus and a crippled woman as told in The Gospel According to Luke.
 
References
Bloomquist, Karen L. The Dream Betrayed: Religious Challenge of the Working Class. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1990.
Dunlop, Tim Why The Future Is Workless. Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2016.
Volf, Miroslav Work In The Spirit: Toward A Theology of Work. Eugene: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2001.

Episode 1 - Welcome to Ergasia

In this introductory episode, we learn the meaning of Ergasia, unpack some of the basic motivations behind this podcast, and sketch an outline of future episodes.