Baptizing Business

Author : Bradley C. Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190055782
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baptizing Business written by Bradley C. Smith and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baptizing Business sifts through popular perceptions regarding the relationship between business and religion and the agenda of conservative Christian business leaders, drawing on personal interviews with the most diverse group of evangelical executives yet studied. While stereotypes and previous research both emphasize the perceived incompatibility of religious mandates and business objectives, Bradley C. Smith argues that evangelical executives experience tension not because business and religion are inherently opposed, but because they are made to feel like second-class citizens by members of their own faith communities. Indeed, in cases of apparent conflict between faith and business, evangelical executives insist that it is faith, not business, that must be reconceived. Smith reveals that evangelical business leaders are as inclined to export business concepts into other domains as to import religious objectives into business contexts, prompting us to reconsider the direction of influence between religious and economic life. Baptizing Business is filled with compelling stories that paint a nuanced, unbiased picture of the increasing influence of intensely religious business leaders. The "spirit of capitalism," defined by Max Weber as a positive attitude toward work and wealth, finds ongoing embrace and new expression in evangelical executives and their accounts, with implications for our understanding of the faith at work movement, evangelicalism, and the role of religion among elites.

Author : Matteo Corsalini
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000832767
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Business, Religion and the Law written by Matteo Corsalini and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the intersection between business and religion from a legal perspective. Taking a fresh look at some of the most compelling literature in law and religion, it proposes a rethinking of what scholars on both sides of the Atlantic have dubbed “church autonomy” or, more recently, “corporate religious freedom”. The volume explores how, in the wake of a decade of US Supreme Court case law, corporate religious freedom is now increasingly being extended to protect the religious liberty of another corporate entity: the for-profit corporation. By exposing this shift from church to business autonomy in American law, it is argued that a similar narrative has also begun to take place in Europe. Through a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to corporate religious freedom, the work provides the reader with a new, comprehensive, and easily accessible history of the genesis and evolution of this legal category in American and European law. The book combines material that straddles international law and religion, corporate law, and economic theory. The diversity of views contained within it makes it a valuable resource for scholars and students in law and religion, corporate social responsibility, and law and economics.

Author : Scot McKnight
Publisher : Brazos Press
ISBN 13 : 1493414631
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book It Takes a Church to Baptize written by Scot McKnight and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The issue of baptism has troubled Protestants for centuries. Should infants be baptized before their faith is conscious, or does God command the baptism of babies whose parents have been baptized? Popular New Testament scholar Scot McKnight makes a biblical case for infant baptism, exploring its history, meaning, and practice and showing that infant baptism is the most historic Christian way of forming children into the faith. He explains that the church's practice of infant baptism developed straight from the Bible and argues that it must begin with the family and then extend to the church. Baptism is not just an individual profession of faith: it takes a family and a church community to nurture a child into faith over time. McKnight explains infant baptism for readers coming from a tradition that baptizes adults only, and he counters criticisms that fail to consider the role of families in the formation of faith. The book includes a foreword by Todd Hunter and an afterword by Gerald McDermott.

Author : Richard Ingham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Author : Michel Dion
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031102045
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spirit of Conscious Capitalism written by Michel Dion and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-20 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a constructive criticism of the emerging practice of conscious capitalism from the perspective of world religions and spiritualities. Conscious capitalism, to many of its adherents, represents an evolutionary step forward beyond the dominant neo-liberal paradigm, where it often appears that just about everything is for sale. Is conscious capitalism consistent with the values inherent in religious and spiritual world-views and does it provide a better fit for bringing out the best that business has to offer? This book answers these questions and many more. An appealing read for researchers in business ethics as well as any reader critical of the excrescences of capitalism.

Author : H. L. M.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Infant Baptism and Admission to the Church. Addressed to Congregationalists written by H. L. M. and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Cary Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baptism in the Apostolic Age written by Thomas Cary Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Fleming
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1136 pages
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Download or read book Royal Dictionary written by Fleming and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 1136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Presbyterian Church in the U.S. General Assembly
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 542 pages
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Download or read book General Assembly committees' reports written by Presbyterian Church in the U.S. General Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bradley C. Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190055790
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baptizing Business written by Bradley C. Smith and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baptizing Business sifts through popular perceptions regarding the relationship between business and religion and the agenda of conservative Christian business leaders, drawing on personal interviews with the most diverse group of evangelical executives yet studied. While stereotypes and previous research both emphasize the perceived incompatibility of religious mandates and business objectives, Bradley C. Smith argues that evangelical executives experience tension not because business and religion are inherently opposed, but because they are made to feel like second-class citizens by members of their own faith communities. Indeed, in cases of apparent conflict between faith and business, evangelical executives insist that it is faith, not business, that must be reconceived. Smith reveals that evangelical business leaders are as inclined to export business concepts into other domains as to import religious objectives into business contexts, prompting us to reconsider the direction of influence between religious and economic life. Baptizing Business is filled with compelling stories that paint a nuanced, unbiased picture of the increasing influence of intensely religious business leaders. The "spirit of capitalism," defined by Max Weber as a positive attitude toward work and wealth, finds ongoing embrace and new expression in evangelical executives and their accounts, with implications for our understanding of the faith at work movement, evangelicalism, and the role of religion among elites.