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Identity, Calling, and Workplace Spirituality integrates theological scholarship on the construct of work and calling with organizational psychology research on workplace spirituality and career fit. Thomas V. Frederick and Scott E. Dunbar integrate these two domains to advance theological scholarship on vocation, work, and human nature. This focus provides crucial insights in terms of understanding how a Christian's work fulfills a God-given calling and reflects the Christian doctrine of the image of God.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Image of God, Identity, and Differentiation in Christ
Chapter 2: Differentiation in Christ, Calling, and Career Choice
Chapter 3: Meaning Making and Work
Chapter 4: Work, Calling, and Finding One's Career Fit - Developing a Specific Career Discernment Process Based on Differentiation of Self in Christ
Chapter 5: Work, Vocational Calling, and Finding One's Career Fit Work
Chapter 6: Principles for Living Out One's Calling
Chapter 7: The Heart Call and the Organization
About the author
Thomas V. Frederick is professor of psychology at California Baptist University. He is the author of Identity, Calling, and Workplace Spirituality: Meaning Making and Developing Career Fit with Scott Dunbar.
Yvonne Thai is professor of sociology at California Baptist University. She has published in Pastoral Psychology and other religion and spirituality journals.
Scott E. Dunbar is a professor of business at California Baptist University. He is the author of A Christian Approach to Work and Family Burnout with Thomas Frederick.
Summary
Frederick and Dunbar integrate theological scholarship on the construct of work and calling with organizational psychology research on workplace spirituality and career fit, offering new theological insights into aspects of vocation, work, and human nature.
