Faith at Work: Toward a Theology of Business Administration

Abstract

The book consists of seven related essays about what faith in God means for business today. Although each is written to deliver a soulful message of its own, each serves as a chapter of a rudimentary theology for business administration. Chapter 1 sets the stage by describing the dilemma of being human in the often inhuman circumstances of business today. Chapters 2 and 3 trace the corporate and personal dimensions of this problem and suggest a way to reclaim our lost humanity by recognizing our heart’s desire to rest in God. In view of the threat business poses to our human being, chapter 4 asks what holds business together and comes to a surprising answer about God’s design for our lives. Chapter 5 turns to the practice of management to reflect on the source and nature of its authority and comes to an again surprising answer about God’s design for our lives. Chapter 6 turns from business practice to business education to ask what the latter must do to better serve students destined to manage the businesses of tomorrow. And at last, chapter 7 brings the book to a hopeful conclusion by celebrating the potential of business to inspire and enrich our human lives by its love and beauty that calls to God. This last is not least the joyful note that faith keeps ever before us in our worldly journey.