Guest Post: Is Servant Leadership Christian? Post
It is now 50 years since Robert Greenleaf coined the term “Servant Leadership” in his groundbreaking essay, The Servant as a Leader. In a break from command and control strategies of the…
A Tale of Carts and Horses: Helping Students Identify Their Calling in the Christian University Post
University students often face a challenging number of life-changing choices during their brief time on campus. I often joke with my incoming freshmen that during my time as a college…
From Vulnerable to Valuable: Revising the Christian Framework for Neurodiversity in the Workplace Post
It is a great time to graduate college in America. Unemployment rates are hovering at around 3.7%, as low as they have been since the 1960s and approaching what economists…
Christian, Don’t Treat Your Spouse Like a “Partner”; Treat Your “Partners” Like a Spouse. Post
Business and legal history are not the most likely sources of Christian illumination. In this post, however, I will expose the contrasting viewpoints of God and fallen humanity through the…
What the U.S. Equity Market Can Teach Us About the Church Post
The stock market looks at the world through a peculiar lens, one that people outside the market don’t always understand. Oddly enough, it is similar to the lens through which…
Why Would I Be a Mentor? Post
The utility of providing mentors to early career professionals is widely recognized. Many businesses encourage them with established formal mentoring programs. Many universities do the same, assigning incoming faculty and…
A Call to Christian Academics Regarding Medical and Technological Ethics Post
Throughout my career in higher education, teaching ethics had a strong academic feel. It is a fascinating discipline with one of the richest literary traditions of any area of study….
The Blessed Inescapability of Service Post
Sometimes students’ reasons for becoming entrepreneurs go beyond the desire for lifestyle freedom. Some young people bristle at the idea of having someone in authority over them. More than autonomy, they want power and immunity from the demands of others, and they imagine being their own boss as equivalent to achieving it. They imagine organizing a business in which they “call the shots” while others “wash the pots”; a business that serves them. These would-be entrepreneurs evidence a misunderstanding of business. Serving the needs of clients, fellow employees, or others is the very nature of value creation in business. Some may prefer to serve indirectly through an organizational structure while others may prefer to serve more immediately by starting their own business.
The Promise of Social Enterprise: A Theological Exploration of Faithful Economic Practice Post
One of the leading models for the integration of faith and business is social enterprise and Mark Sampson is among one of its more notable practitioners. Social enterprise, however, is…
The Challenge to Start a “Christian” Business Post
Christianity is best understood as a religion that requires integration throughout a believer’s life. Scriptures such as 1 Corinthians 10:31 and James 1:8 warn against compartmentalizing one’s life into sacred…
The Promise of Social Enterprise: A Theological Exploration of Faithful Economic Practice Post
One of the leading models for the integration of faith and business is social enterprise and Mark Sampson is among one of its more notable practitioners. Social enterprise, however, is…
Neuroscience and Cognitive Psychology Insights into the Classical Theological Debate about Free Will and Responsibility Post
In recent years significant advances have occurred in both fields of neuroscience and cognitive psychology which have provided further comprehension regarding the biological structures underlying intentionality and decision making. In this essay,…
Money: The Unauthorized Biography —An Extended Review Post
John Lunn is Professor of Economics at Hope College. The Extended Review is a new book review feature that on occasion will appear in future CSR issues. It will provide…
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Natural Law and Protestantism Post
Jordan J. Ballor is a research fellow with the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty and executive editor of the Journal of Markets and Morality. He is…
Introducing Christian Scholar’s Review Themed Issue: Vocation Post
I am grateful to the editors of Christian Scholar’s Review for their invitation to guest edit a special issue of the journal, focusing on vocation and higher education. Although vocation…
Vocation: An Idea Whose Time Has Come (Again) Post
When I was in high school, the most common use of the word vocation was in reference to the kids who left school right after lunch and headed out to…
Psychology and Christianity: Five Views. Post
This book is an expanded version of the 2000 Psychology and Christianity: Four Views, edited by Stanton Jones and Eric Johnson. In this new version Stanton Jones has moved from…