The Christian Body at Work: Spirituality, Embodiment, and Christian Living

Dr. Tobias Brügger

doi:10.5771/9783748922629

Summary

Ein Großteil der arbeitenden Bevölkerung weltweit gilt als christlich affiliiert, doch was bedeutet Christsein am Arbeitsplatz? Die Studie beleuchtet dazu Forschung aus Management- und Organisationswissenschaften und Theologie, präsentiert Feldforschung zu ManagerInnen in der Schweiz und entwickelt eine Verkörperungsperspektive. Der Autor benennt Schwierigkeiten der vorherrschenden Verwendung von Begriffen wie Glaube, Spiritualität oder Religion am Arbeitsplatz und plädiert dafür, Framing-Praktiken und die Körperhaftigkeit christlicher Existenz zu berücksichtigen. Indem ChristInnen in körperlicher Form an Christi Tod und Auferstehung teilhaben und so Christus verkörpern, finden sie sich an einer existentiellen Schaltstelle für die Gestaltung von Arbeitsaktivitäten. Die Studie zeigt, wie der Fokus auf „Christinnen und Christen“ einen Raum für relevante organisations- und managementbezogene, soziologische, ethische und theologische Aspekte zeitgenössischer Arbeitskontexte eröffnet.

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Edition: 1/2021
Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-7853-9
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-2262-9
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Religion - Wirtschaft - Politik
Volume: 21
Language: English
Pages: 375
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/InhaltsverzeichnisPages 1 - 16 Download chapter (PDF)
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1. 1.1 The study of Christians at work: Research question and objectives
2. 1.2 Target discourses: management studies and theology
3. 1.3 Empirical data and method
4. 1.4 Research approach: Christian embodiment
5. 1.5 Structure: Approaching the Christian body at work
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1. 1. 2.1.1 Naming of the field and key issues raised
  2. 2.1.2 Fsw in academic disciplines and discourses
  3. 2.1.3 Fsw and influential thinkers
  4. 2.1.4 Methodological contexts of fsw
2. 1. 2.2.1 Definitions in empirically oriented fsw research
  2. 2.2.2 Criticism of the definition project
  3. 2.2.3 The ‘conceptual convergence’ approach
  4. 2.2.4 Spirituality, religion, or faith at work?
  5. 2.2.5 Current state of fsw definitions and the study of Christians at work
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1. 1. 3.1.1 Spiritual practices and workplace spirituality
  2. 3.1.2 Work as spiritual practice
2. 1. 3.2.1 Organizational-level fsw
  2. 3.2.2 Individual fsw
  3. 3.2.3 Interrelationship between the individual, organizational, and extra-organizational levels
3. 1. 3.3.1 Fsw and leadership
  2. 3.3.2 Fsw and management/management education
  3. 3.3.3 Fsw and entrepreneurship
4. 1. 3.4.1 Outcomes of fsw
  2. 3.4.2 Justification, ethics, and critique of fsw
5. 1. 3.5.1 The terms faith, spirituality, and religion in fsw theory
  2. 3.5.2 Work-related concepts in fsw theory
  3. 3.5.3 Fsw theory and the study of Christians at work
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1. 1. 4.1.1 The contested role of tradition in fsw research
  2. 4.1.2 How traditions influence fsw research
  3. 4.1.3 How traditions are studied in fsw
  4. 4.1.4 Christian tradition(s) at work
2. 1. 4.2.1 The Christian location of individuals
  2. 4.2.2 Tradition in Christian perspective
3. 1. 4.3.1 Vivian Ligo’s Christian spirituality of work
  2. 4.3.2 André Delbecq on the Christian manager’s spiritual journey
  3. 4.3.3 Inese Radzins on the spiritual nature of work in the thinking of Simone Weil
  4. 4.3.4 Christopher Mabey on ‘Jesus-centered ethical leadership’
  5. 4.3.5 Synthesis: Embodied Christian spirituality at work
4. 4.4 Conclusion
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1. 5.1 The question of a theological neglect of contemporary work contexts
2. 5.2 Theological ‘entry concepts’ to the workplace
3. 1. 5.3.1 Friedrich Wilhelm Graf on the role of Christianity in the process of globalization
  2. 5.3.2 Martin Honecker on being a Christian at work
  3. 5.3.3 Traugott Jähnichen on Protestant economic ethics
  4. 5.3.4 Nils Ole Oermann’s Protestant approach to economic and business ethics
  5. 5.3.5 Arthur Rich’s economic ethics from a theological perspective
  6. 5.3.6 Theological ethics and the study of Christians at work
4. 1. 5.4.1 Jeremy Posadas on a critical Christian theology of work
  2. 5.4.2 Denise Daniels on the theology of business, management, and work
  3. 5.4.3 Michael Black on practical corporate theology and on the theology of the corporation
5. 5.5 Theology and the study of Christians at work
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1. 1. 6.1.1 Mapping the framing practices of Christian managers in Switzerland
  2. 6.1.2 Pierre Bourdieu’s habitus and the existential meaning of the label ‘Christian’
2. 1. 6.2.1 Distancing, connecting, and investing
  2. 6.2.2 Viktor Frankl’s meaning in life and the Christian body at work
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1. 7.1 Recapitulation
2. 7.2 The basic category of ‘Christians’
3. 1. 7.3.1 Faith and spirituality
  2. 7.3.2 Religion
  3. 7.3.3 Ethics and morality
  4. 7.3.4 Tradition
Works consultedPages 317 - 374 Download chapter (PDF)
Appendix: Themes in fsw overview articlesPages 375 - 375 Download chapter (PDF)