Books : Believers in Business
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by: Laura L. Nash
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 261.850973
EAN: 9780785281818
ISBN: 0785281819
Label: Thomas Nelson Inc
Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson Inc
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 302
Publication Date: 1994-11
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
Sales Rank: 679904
Studio: Thomas Nelson Inc
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Product Description:
A general discussion of how religious faith impacts people in business based on interviews with 85 evangelical CEOs. Seven tensions presented by faith are explored and the dynamics of practical religion in the workplace are discussed in detail.
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Rating:  - How to fill 296 pages...
I am not sure I would ever recommend this book to anyone. In the first three chapters, where the author establishes the reasons for writing this book, you are introduced to the seven creative tensions. These tensions form the framework for the rest of the book. However, the author reveals to the reader that she developed these tensions after her research. While the identification of these tensions does earn the author some respect the application of them throughout the book is sketchy at best. I ... Read More
Rating: - How to fill 296 pages...
I am not sure I would ever recommend this book to anyone. In the first three chapters, where the author establishes the reasons for writing this book, you are introduced to the seven creative tensions. These tensions form the framework for the rest of the book. However, the author reveals to the reader that she developed these tensions after her research. While the identification of these tensions does earn the author some respect the application of them throughout the book is sketchy at best. I ... Read More
Rating:  - The authority on the impact of Christianity in business
Believers in Business is widely acknowledged as the authoritative study of the impact (or lack thereof) of personal faith and organized Christianity in the business world, specifically among Christian CEOs. Dr. Nash makes a sympathetic, yet critically rigorous, analysis of her interviews with 85 CEOs. She explains the paradox of why many business people say their faith is crucially important to their business practice, yet talk so little about the specific impact their faith has made in particular ... Read More
Rating: - A fantastic look at the role faith place in our work.
Laura Nash is among the first to take a thorough look at how a person's faith impacts the way that person does business. In doing so, she shatters many common misconceptions and allows readers to grasp a greater understanding of how to make their spiritual beliefs an integrated part of their work worlds. The first three chapters explain the rational for the book, addressing such questions as "who are evangelicals" at work and "what the believers say about business." Chapter Three gets to the heart ... Read More
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