Theology, Religion, and The Office

Daniel J. Cameron

doi:10.5771/9781978715943

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Copyright year: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-1-9787-1593-6
ISBN-Online: 978-1-9787-1594-3
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 246
Product type: Edited Book

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
1. Overview of Chapters No access
1. 1. Our Relationship to Devices and Things No access
  2. Fracturing and/or Creating Tension in Interpersonal Relationships No access
  3. Technology as Emblematic of Insider/Outsider Conflict No access
  4. Technology Creates Obstacles That Threaten One’s Livelihood No access
  5. The Office, the Gospel, and the Good Life No access
  6. Conclusion No access
  7. Notes No access
  8. Bibliography No access
2. 1. The World “In Front of” The Office No access
  2. The World “Behind” The Office No access
  3. The World “of” The Office No access
  4. Laughter, Play, and the Upside-Down Kingdom of God No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. Notes No access
  7. Bibliography No access
3. 1. Work and Religion No access
  2. A Christian Call to Hospitality No access
  3. DEI Includes Religion, Too No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. Bibliography No access
4. 1. The Mockumentary Confessional No access
  2. Shame and Praise in The Confessions No access
  3. Lying in the Confessional No access
  4. Ironic Confessions No access
  5. Cringe and Sincerity No access
  6. Truth and Sacrifice No access
  7. Forgiveness and Confession No access
  8. Conclusion No access
  9. Notes No access
  10. Bibliography No access
5. 1. Secular Parables of the Kingdom No access
  2. 1. Postcolonial Belonging via Willie Jennings No access
    2. Disability beyond Inclusion via John Swinton No access
    3. Extrapolating the Parables of Belonging No access
  3. The Office and the Body of Christ No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. Bibliography No access
6. 1. 1. The Hidden Nature of Relational Power No access
    2. Stepping into Their Overt Power No access
  2. 1. Celebration and Hospitality, Exclusion and Control on the PPC No access
    2. Disdain the PPC at Your Peril No access
  3. Conclusion No access
  4. Notes No access
  5. Bibliography No access
7. 1. “Rereading” Michael Scott No access
  2. Office in Need of a Prophet No access
  3. The Prophetic Imagination No access
  4. Michael as Prophet No access
  5. Coming to Fruition No access
  6. Except . . . No access
  7. Conclusion No access
  8. Notes No access
  9. Bibliography No access
8. 1. Part 1: Saints and Their Stories No access
  2. Part 2: Sitcoms and Their Stories No access
  3. 1. People Will Never Go Out of Business: St. Michael Scott, Patron Saint of Unlikely Leaders No access
    2. Always the Padawan, Never the Jedi: Saint Dwight Schrute, Patron Saint of Misfits No access
    3. There’s a Lot of Beauty in Ordinary Things: Saint Pam Beesly, Patron Saint of Dreamers No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. Bibliography No access
1. 1. Against God and Neighbor: Getting the Big Picture No access
  2. 1. Vainglory No access
    2. Envy No access
    3. Sloth No access
    4. Greed No access
    5. Wrath No access
    6. Gluttony No access
    7. Lust No access
  3. Concluding Reflections No access
  4. Notes No access
  5. Bibliography No access
2. 1. The Office and the Biblical Word No access
  2. Sacred Awkwardness No access
  3. The Awkward and Management No access
  4. Awkward Love No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. Bibliography No access
3. 1. The Idea: God the Father No access
  2. The Energy: God the Son No access
  3. The Power: God the Spirit No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. Bibliography No access
4. 1. Religion as Anthropology No access
  2. Religion as Self-Redemption No access
  3. Religion as Expected Grace No access
  4. Humanity Apart from Redemption No access
  5. Self-Directed, Isolated, and Trapped No access
  6. 1. In Community, Obedient, and Free No access
    2. Confession, Repentance, and Surrender No access
  7. Conclusion No access
  8. Notes No access
  9. Bibliography No access
5. 1. 1. Brevity No access
    2. Parallelism No access
  2. Conclusion No access
  3. Notes No access
  4. Bibliography No access
Index No access Pages 235 - 240
About the Editor and Contributors No access Pages 241 - 246