Answers From Within: Spiritual Guidelines for Managing Setbacks in Work and Life - Hardcover

Byron, William J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0028617533 ISBN 13: 9780028617534

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1998

Synopsis

An Affirmation of the Relevance of Religious Faith to Work and Life Combining scripture, prayers, his knowledge of the corporate world, and examples from the lives of people he has counseled, William J. Byron leads us through the process of building a practical spirituality that provides a compass for people seeking to balance life and faith. Answers from Within is a unique book that includes principles of action and spiritual guidelines that can transform the way we deal with the commitments and reversals that are part of the "human predicament." Among its universal themes:

• Relating Faith to Work and Life
• Dealing with Workplace Wounds
• Managing Personal and Family Problems
• Building on Spiritual Pillars that Support Hope

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From the Author

This is a book about practical workplace spirituality .
ANSWERS FROM WITHIN helps the reader come to terms with the relevance of religious faith to normal, everyday working life. It explains the relationship between the Saturday- or Sunday-centered preoccupations of believers and the Monday-through-Friday occupations that are theirs. The book offers a spirituality that is supportive of busy men and women who want to find a way for their commitments to God and work to become mutually reinforcing. The "answers" in ANSWERS FROM WITHIN are a blueprint for making the workplace more humane and respectful of human dignity; persons who possesses them can walk with God through all the challenges of life. The nine spiritual guidelines developed in this book are: love joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. The reader learns how these biblically-based virtues can become practical pillars of support from nine to five (or later) in any workplace every day. This book aims to help any reflective person close the gap between faith and work.

About the Author

WILLIAM J. BYRON, S.J., is a Jesuit priest, economist, and former president of The Catholic University of America. He is Distinguished Professor of Management in the School of Business at Georgetown University, and also serves as rector of the Georgetown Jesuit Community. He has authored and edited several books, including the highly praised Finding Work Without Losing Heart. Father Byron holds a doctorate in economics from the University of Maryland and was ordained a priest in 1961.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0028617533
• ISBN 13: 9780028617534
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272