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• In light of theologically, biblically, and historically weak popular presentations of faith & work arguments, we must speak primarily in theological terms
• We must not speak in narrowly theological terms
• In other words, we must draw on a theological discourse that embraces and can be embraced by all current Christian traditions (e.g. not a discourse that is exclusively neo-Calvinist/Kuyperian, or Wesleyan/Pentecostal, or grounded in Catholic social thought, etc., but informs and converses with all of those traditions and more)
• We must draw on a theological discourse that stretches back to the earliest church
• We must draw on a theological discourse that is clear about what human beings are, how we (are to) flourish, and how we are (to be) redeemed
• We must draw on a theological discourse that is not narrowly “spiritual,” but instead addresses the broadest possible range of human activities (including all major sectors of work) and that affirms material and social as well as spiritual flourishing
• We must draw on a theological discourse that therefore includes a well-articulated approach to human cultural (including economic) activity
• We must draw on a theological discourse grounded in undeniable major orthodox doctrines such as creation, the incarnation, and the atonement, and with clear scriptural foundations such as Genesis and the Gospels
• Christian humanism is the only theological tradition I know of that fulfils all of the above criteria

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