Good Work: Christian Ethics in the Workplace

Name: Good Work: Christian Ethics in the Workplace
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ISBN: 9781602582958

By: Esther D. Reed

Baylor University Press / 2010 / Paperback

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What does it mean to think in a Christian way about our labor? In today's high-pressure workplaces, is it possible or practical to follow Christ? Drawing from Eastern Orthodoxy's traditions and insights, Reed offers an enriching theological ethic of work, targeting key issues such as vocation, liturgy, social justice, and human rights. 132 pages, softcover from Baylor University.

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Title: Good Work: Christian Ethics in the Workplace
By: Esther D. Reed
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 132
Vendor: Baylor University Press
Publication Date: 2010

Dimensions: 8.50 X 5.50 (inches)
Weight: 2 pounds
ISBN: 1602582955
ISBN-13: 9781602582958
Stock No: WW582958

Publisher's Description

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Amidst the current economic and business realities, with high-pressure workplaces and simultaneous high unemployment, many Christian theologies of vocation seem unduly idealistic. Yet, as the West's desire for cheap consumer goods unleashes disturbing consequences across the globe, it is clear that our current vocational system poses major challenges to any moral case for prosperity. What would it really mean to think and act Christianly about our labor? Is it possible? In Good Work Esther Reed engagingly tackles these questions within a biblical framework, as she sketches a tangible and realistic theological ethic of work in the hope of God's coming kingdom.

Author Bio

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Esther D. Reed is Associate Professor of Theological Ethics, University of Exeter, and the author of The Future of Christian Social Ethics (2004), The Genesis of Ethics (2002), and Theological Reading of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (1996).

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This is a meaty little book.... It is engaging, interesting, and solid, but it moves in important fresh directions, touching down on matters of vocation and liturgy, social justice, human rights, the integrity of creation and our role as stewards.

-- Hearts and Minds Books

Throughout the book, Reed moves beyond simply understanding work in relation to individuals or even the relationship of working individuals to God--important as these themes may be for a Christian understanding of work--to understanding work in relation to the Triune God’s work within creation and all of humanity, which always relates to communities and not just isolated individuals…Esther Reed has written a provocative book on a difficult but universal experience.

-- Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics