Denise Daniels and Elaine Howard Ecklund co-authored a book, Working for Better: A New Approach to Faith at Work. It addresses a world where workplaces are becoming increasingly diverse with a timely guide for Christians navigating the modern faith-at-work landscape.
Book: Working for Better (IVPress link)
Book: Working for Better (amazon.com link)
Wheaton College
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
- Key Tensions of Faith at Work
- Inequalities Among Minorities
- Respecting Other Faiths Without Compromise
ABOUT THE GUEST:
Denise Daniels (PhD, Organizational Behavior, University of Washington) is Hudson T. Harrison Professor of Entrepreneurship at Wheaton College. Her scholarly interests include meaningful work, religion in the workplace, Sabbath, leadership, gender, and motivation. She has written over 50 academic articles and book chapters, and co-authored several books including, Working in the Presence of God (Hendrickson); Religion in a Changing Workplace (Oxford University Press); and Working for Better: A New Approach to Faith at Work (InterVarsity Press). She is on the board of a fintech company and also serves on the board of the Theology of Work Project (theologyofwork.org).
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TIMESTAMPED SHOWNOTES:
00:37 - Introducing Dr Denise Daniels
02:42 - Inspiration for researching faith tin the workplace
02:53 - ...exhausted from work and family - looked at Sabbath
04:20 - ...Book: Working for Better
06:17 - Understanding the Lack of Sabbath
07:52 - Summary of the Findings of the Research
08:11 - ...people want to be their whole self at work
09:51 - Surprising Conclusions from the Research
10:15 - ...how many people were interested in engaging their faith at work
10:36 - ...how few people viewed their work as a calling
11:48 - Key Tensions of Faith at Work
12:15 - ...Sacred / Secular Divide
12:46 - ...Individual / Systemic Approach
13:03 - ...Discrimination
13:46 - ...Gender
14:11 - Tensions Affecting Minority Groups
15:26 - ...have you been asked to act contrary to your religious beliefs at work?
17:32 - ...have you been discriminated against because of your sex?
19:33 - ...regional differences
20:48 - Other Inequalities Among Minorities
21:02 - ...overlap with minority religion and people of color
21:42 - ...Christians have a responsibility to create structure to be fair
22:26 - ...principled pluralism
22:54 - Christians being respectful of other faiths while living their own faith
23:11 - ...respect different perspectives
23:18 - ...listen to different perspectives
24:22 - ...know and understand what you believe
24:26 - ...engage respectfully
24:29 - ...seek to understand
26:24 - ...all people reflect the Imago Dei
27:17 - Work / Rest
28:06 - ...easy to work and ignore Sabbath
29:21 - ...hard to disengage from established rhythms
30:23 - ......desire to work: success leads to success
30:29 - ......desire to work: affirmation from other people
30:51 - ......intentionally rest
32:50 - ...there is a cost to not resting
33:31 - The hope is that the book, Working for Better, is useful to congregations and people
34:33 - Finding the book, Working for Better: amazon, IVPress
35:09 - Contact: wheaton.edu (Denise Daniels)
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