In the West, we have long been taught that truth is found in objective, universal data points, independent formulas and equations.  Christian theological views of truth challenge that assumption, with storytelling serving as the bedrock of what we can and should know.

Texts:

• David P. Gushee & Glenn H. Stassen, Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context. Second Edition, Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2016 (ISBN: 978-0-8028-7421-4).
• Donald A. Hay, Economics Today: A Christian Critique. Vancouver: Regent College Publishing, 2004 (ISBN: 978-157383284).

Readings: 

• ‘Christianity and Economics: Biblical Foundations’, Hay, Chapter 1
• ‘Blessed Are You: Virtues of Kingdom People’ and ‘Moral Structure in the World: The Form and Function of Moral Norms’, Gushee & Stassen, Chapters 2 & 4

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