Co-Creators: Vocation, Innovation, and Stewardship

A FaithBytes Seminar Workbook on Co-Creation & Stewardship

This seminar workbook treats a single question from five angles: what does it mean, theologically and practically, for a human being to create alongside God in an age of unprecedented technological power? The Catholic tradition answers with a doctrine of co-creation that is at once exalting and demanding. Human work and innovation genuinely share in God's creative activity; they are also accountable to the truth, the good, and the dignity of persons, and to the care of a creation that is not ours.

Strand: Co-Creation & Stewardship; Using Your Gifts
Grade band: Higher Ed; Undergraduate and graduate students, seminarians, and adult learners

Five lessons · substrand alignment

A

Vocation, Gifts, and the Common Good

Gifts & Talents for Service
B

Stewardship of Attention, Time, and Systems

Stewardship of Tech Use
C

Innovation and Creatio Continua

Celebrating Creation & Innovation
D

Catholic Social Teaching and the Design of Technology Systems

Justice & the Common Good
E

Capstone: A Solution for the Gospel Mission

Creative Contribution & Collaboration

Big questions

What does it mean to create with purpose, not just for praise or profit?
How does the doctrine of co-creation shape a Christian understanding of vocation and innovation?
How should Catholic Social Teaching govern the design, deployment, and stewardship of technological systems?

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