Doing God's Business

by Stevens, R. Paul

• ISBN13: 9780802833983
• ISBN10: 0802833985
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-10
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

Christians have likely been struggling with the place of business in the life of faith ever since Paul's days as a tentmaker. How do the spheres of private devotion and public business intersect in a meaningful way?Paul Stevens has been struggling with this question since his earliest working days in his father's steel business. His thoughts in "Doing God's Business" provide lasting and satisfying meaning for marketplace involvement in the light of the Christian faith and tradition. He explores the potential of business as both a location for practicing everyday spiritual disciplines and a source of creativity and deeper relationship with God. "Doing God's Business" should encourage and challenge businesspersons in all segments of the marketplace to more faithfully integrate their faith and work lives.

Author Biography

R. Paul Stevens is the David J. Brown Family Professor Emeritus of Marketplace Theology and Leadership at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Table of Contents

What Business Is God In?	1	(18)
PART ONE Meaning: Towards a Marketplace Theology
Is Business a Calling?	19	(21)
The Business Side of Ministry	40	(20)
A Praiseworthy Form of Community	60	(18)
Marketplace Mission	78	(23)
Globalization	101	(24)
PART TWO Motivation: Towards a Marketplace Spirituality
Going Deep	125	(18)
Cultivating Integrity	143	(21)
Being Creative	164	(20)
Letting Life Speak	184	(18)
Pursuing Holiness	202	(19)
Epilog: The Contemplative Leader	221	(4)
Bibliography	225	(15)
Index	240