The Dorean Principle (book): Difference between revisions

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| author = [[Conley Owens]]

| published_date = 2021

| publisher = Self-published, [[FirstLove Publications]]

| copyright = [[wikipedia:Public_domain|Public domain]]

| topics = Christian ministry fundraising and [[wikipedia:Intellectual_property|intellectual property]] issues

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'''The Dorean Principle: ''A Biblical Response to the Commercialization of Christianity''''' is a book authored by [[Conley Owens]], pastor of [[Silicon Valley Reformed Baptist Church]] (California, United States of America), that defines the [[Dorean principle]] and makes the arguments for why the Scriptures teach that Christian ministry should be voluntarily supported (co-laboring) and not commercialized/sold (reciprocity). It also deals with the concepts of [[wikipedia:Intellectual_property|intellectual property]], concluding that in legal systems where creators are entitled to copyrights by default (and in a culture where this is the common practice for publishing models, which incentivize copyrighting), that the biblical ethic is for Christians to be putting Christian ministry resources in the [[wikipedia:Public_domain|public domain]].

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 | author = [[Conley Owens]]
 | published_date = 2021
+| publisher = Self-published, [[FirstLove Publications]]
+| copyright = [[wikipedia:Public_domain|Public domain]]
 | topics = Christian ministry fundraising and [[wikipedia:Intellectual_property|intellectual property]] issues
 }}
 '''The Dorean Principle: ''A Biblical Response to the Commercialization of Christianity''''' is a book authored by [[Conley Owens]], pastor of [[Silicon Valley Reformed Baptist Church]] (California, United States of America), that defines the [[Dorean principle]] and makes the arguments for why the Scriptures teach that Christian ministry should be voluntarily supported (co-laboring) and not commercialized/sold (reciprocity). It also deals with the concepts of [[wikipedia:Intellectual_property|intellectual property]], concluding that in legal systems where creators are entitled to copyrights by default (and in a culture where this is the common practice for publishing models, which incentivize copyrighting), that the biblical ethic is for Christians to be putting Christian ministry resources in the [[wikipedia:Public_domain|public domain]].