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Business, Religion, and Spirituality
A New Synthesis
Oliver F. Williams C.S.C. (Edited by)
9780268021740
Paperback / softback, published 3 February 2004
324 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.476 kg
"Recommended. General readers, undergraduates, and professionals." —Choice "...a collection of thoughtful and thought-provoking essays by diverse learned authors concerning the meeting point between commercial workplace responsibility and personal spiritual values." —Midwest Book Review "… this is a timely and interesting book. Anyone who believes that spirituality can and should have an important place in business will find valuable arguments in support of his view as well as critiques and reasons to look for solid foundations for it. [T]he book will be helpful to any reader who is looking … for … stimulating ideas on the subject." —Markets and Morality "… highly enlightening, fascinating, interesting, intriguing and challenging. After reading it, one certainly feels that one has been enriched by these thought provoking texts." —PRAXIS: Journal for Christian Business Leadership
The new emphasis on spirituality in the workplace has been widely discussed in recent years and reported in major publications such as the Wall Street Journal and Fortune. Spirituality seems to be a basic human good essential for human flourishing. The contributors to this volume are all proponents of spirituality in the workplace, yet all raise important questions about this movement and what it means. What are the moral questions that should guide leaders? Is spirituality being treated as simply an instrumental good, valued for its usefulness in enhancing productivity and well-being? What are the responsibilities of business leaders? Of business schools and their faculty? Of churches? The essayists in this collection reflect on these and other pertinent questions. The common thread linking these authors is that all have distinguished themselves in their respective fields or professions and all wish to advance spirituality in business. Contributors to Business, Religion, and Spirituality provide a sober, but positive, prognosis for this new growth in spirituality while offering direction for the future.