A List of Books for MBA Students, Faculty, and Business Practitioners
by Kenny Benge
Kenny Benge, a Graduate & Faculty Ministries staff member working at Vanderbilt University, passes along this list of best books about living a Christian life in the marketplace.
The Fabric of This World: Inquiries into Calling, Career
Choice, and the Design of Human Work, by Lee Hardy
(Eerdmans).
A great theological and historical perspective on work
and calling.
Called to Holy Wordliness, by Richard Mouw (Fortress).
A theology of the laity.
Redeeming the Routines: Bringing Theology to Life,
by Robert Banks (Bridgepoint).
An excellent theology of everyday life and routine.
Redeeming the Time: A Christian Approach to Work & Leisure,
by Leland Ryken (Baker).
Leisure, the Basis of Culture, by Josef Pieper (St.
Augustine’s Press).
A profound reflection on the theological implications
of losing the rhythm of work and leisure.
Toward a Theology of the Corporation (American Enterprise
Institute) and The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism (Touchstone) by
Michael Novak.
Both are positive, yet critical theological assessments
of the economic system of Western capitalism. The former
is an early work containing seminal thoughts that are fully
developed in the latter.
Business as a Calling (Free Press), by Michael Novak.
Simply one of the best — and perhaps only — books
of its kind.
The Monday Connection (HarperSanFrancicso), by William
Diehl.
A thoughtful and practical book written by from experience
by a reflective business practioner.
The Presence of the Kingdom (reprint, Helmers &
Howard), by Jacques Ellul.
A profound book on cultural engagement and the challenges
of following Christ in our pragmatic culture.
