Business, Religion, and Spirituality: A New Synthesis

by Oliver F. Williams C.S.C.

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780268021740
Publisher:	University of Notre Dame Press
Publication date:	02/03/2004
Series:	John W. Houck Notre Dame Series in Business Ethics
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	324
Sales rank:	1,070,320
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.73(d)

About the Author

Oliver F. Williams, C.S.C., is associate professor of management in the Mendoza School of Business and director of the Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business at the University of Notre Dame. He also serves as the Donald Gordon Fellow and Visiting Professor in a joint appointment at the University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University in Cape Town, South Africa.

Contributors: Oliver F. Williams, C.S.C., Martin E. Marty, Laura L. Nash, Robert G. Kennedy, James J. McGee, André L. Delbecq, Edwin M. Epstein, Krishna S. Dhir, Jamal A. Badawi, Lawrence S. Cunningham, Ian I. Mitroff, John T. Ryan III, John Caron, Claudia McGeary, Buzz McCoy, Stephen J. Porth, David Steingard, John McCall, Gerald F. Cavanaugh, S.J., Patricia Vandenberg, C.S.C., Mary Kathryn Grant, Peter J. Giammalvo, and John A. Gallagher.

Editorial Reviews

… 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

“… 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

“...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

“Recommended. General readers, undergraduates, and professionals.” —Choice

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