Resources that explore the nature of Theology in the Marketplace and at Work.

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Ammerman, Nancy Tatom and Wade Clark Roof, Editors
Work, Family, and Religion in Contemporary Society,
Routledge, 1995, pb, 367 pages.
LIBRARY CAREER, VOCATION, & WORK;MARKETPLACE THEOLOGY
Referred by Pete Hammond.

Banks, Robert & Stevens, R. Paul, eds.
The Complete Book of Everyday Christianity.
Downers Grove: IVP, 1997.
LIBRARY FAITH AT WORK;ETHICS;MARKETPLACE THEOLOGY;BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES IN BUSINESS;STEWARDSHIP

Banks, Robert J.
All the Business of Life: Bringing Theology Down-to-Earth.
Tring, England: Lion Publishing, 1987.
LIBRARY CAREER, VOCATION, & WORK; MARKETPLACE THEOLOGY

Banks, Robert J.
God the Worker.
Albatross Books, 1991.
LIBRARY CAREER, VOCATION, & WORK;MARKETPLACE THEOLOGY
Recommended by Pete Hammond, Editor Word in Life Study Bible.

Ellul, Jacque, Lavonne Neff (Translator).
Money and Power.
InterVarsity Press, 1984. ISBN#: 0877849161.
LIBRARY ECONOMICS & SOCIAL JUSTICE; MARKETPLACE THEOLOGY

Holland, Joe.
Creative Communion: Toward a Spirituality of Work.
New York: Paulist Press, 1989
LIBRARY MARKETPLACE THEOLOGY

Matejko, Alexander J.
A Christian Approach to Work and Industry.
Edwin Mellen Press, 1989. ISBN#: 0889461562.
LIBRARY CAREER, VOCATION, & WORK; MARKETPLACE THEOLOGY

Novak, Michael.
Toward a Theology of the Corporation.
Washington, DC.: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1981.
LIBRARY CAREER, VOCATION, & WORK; MARKETPLACE THEOLOGY

Novak, Michael.
Business As A Calling-Work and the Examined Life
The Free Press, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.
LIBRARY CAREER, VOCATION, & WORK; MARKETPLACE THEOLOGY;ETHICS;
Business is routinely dismissed by its  critics as soulless, valueless, and rapacious, but Michael Novak argues that business not only creates social connections, lifts its participants out of poverty, and builds the foundation for democracy, but also can and must be morally  uplifting. It is a little-known fact that business executives are more religious than the population as a whole. Novak offers both a defense of their work and a coherent philosophy to guide their thinking. He presents their key moral  ideals, including the creation of wealth and jobs, the diversification of the body politic, and the creation of the idea of progress. He also shows how the moral risk of materialism can be countered by a cultivation of natural virtue.  (Source: New Books in Business Ethics http://www.luc.edu/depts/business/sbe/newbooks.htm)

Volf, Miroslav
Work in the Spirit: Toward A Theology of Work
Oxford University Press, 1991, hb, 252 pages Referred by Pete Hammond.
LIBRARY CAREER, VOCATION, & WORK. MARKETPLACE THEOLOGY

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