Church Sunday Work Monday Values: The Challenges of Fusing Christian Values with Business Life - A Guide to Reflection - Hardcover

Nash, Laura

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787956988 ISBN 13: 9780787956981

Publisher: John Wiley &Sons, 2001

Synopsis

Must business people leave their Christian values at church? While many business people have a strong and growing interest in the relationship between work and spirit, few find the church to be a resource in their explorations. How can business people live out their faith at work? And how can the church respond more effectively to business people's needs? Church on Sunday, Work on Monday takes the "spirituality at work" movement to the next level, offering practical advice on how business people can find and develop better resources within Christian communities. Nash and McLennan assess the distance between pew and pulpit, articulate how the church is turning off business and professional people, and make concrete recommendations on how church leaders and lay business people can work together in partnership to bridge the gap. They also offer practical help for business people who wish to nurture the soul, create harmony, connect with community, and perform ethically on the job.

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About the Author

Laura Nash is senior research fellow at Harvard Business School. Prior to this position, she was visiting lecturer and program director on business and religion at the Center for the Study of Values in Public Life at Harvard Divinity School. She is the author of Good Intentions Aside and Believers in Business. In 1998 she was president of the Society of Business Ethics. Scotty McLennan is dean for religious life at Stanford University. He was the university chaplain at Tufts University and a senior lecturer in the area of business leadership, ethics, and religion at Harvard Business School. He is also an attorney, the author of Finding Your Religion: When the Faith You Grew Up With Has Lost Its Meaning.

From the Inside Flap

How do Christians in the business world strengthen the connection between their work and their faith lives? Many believers are seeking that link but find that their churches do little to help them in their quest.
In Church on Sunday, Work on Monday Laura Nash (of Harvard Business School) and Scotty McLennan (the dean of religious life at Stanford University) have joined forces to consider the church's need to be more in touch with business and professional people. They make concrete recommendations to show church leaders and lay business people how to work in partnership to bridge the gap between pew and pulpit.
This vital and much-needed book can act as a catalyst to help people at work recharge their spiritual batteries and teach them how to create constant awareness of faith, maintain a Christian life at the office, develop a true connection with their beliefs, and practice faith-based business ethics. In addition, Church on Sunday, Work on Monday is filled with

• Ideas for business people struggling to integrate their faith lives with their lives at work
• Practical advice for transforming congregations into welcoming communities for businesspeople
• Suggestions for church leaders on how to best approach business people

Church on Sunday, Work on Monday takes the popular "spirituality at work" movement into Christian territory and gives businesspeople and church leaders a framework for creating a solid alliance that will bridge these divided worlds.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley &Sons
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787956988
• ISBN 13: 9780787956981
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352