A Reading List on Faith and Business

Stefan G. Lanfer

This reading list is from Stefan Lanfer’s bibliography for his 2006 MBA thesis, “Believing at Work,” which is summarized here.

• Addington, Thomas, and Stephen R. Graves, Editors, Life@Work On Leadership: Enduring Insights for Men and Women of Faith, Jossey-Bass: 2002
• Bakke, Dennis W., Joy at Work: A Revolutionary Approach to Fun on the Job, PVG, Seattle: 2005
• Baumol, William, Perfect Markets and Easy Virtue, Basil Blackwell, Cambridge, MA: 1991
• Bianco, Anthony, “Faith and Fortune,” BusinessWeek, January 20, 1997,
• Berger, Peter L. Ed. The Capitalist Spirit: Toward a Religious Ethic of Wealth Creation, ICS Press, San Francisco: 1990
• Burkett, Larry, Business by the Book, Nelson Business, Nashville: 1998
• Carder, Kenneth L, Bishop, “A Wesleyan Perspective on Christian Stewardship,” United Methodist Summit on Christian Stewardship, Feb 4-6, 2003, http://www.umcfoundation.org/article3.shtml
• Eldridge, J.E.T., Editor, Max Weber: The Interpretation of Social Reality, Michael Joseph, London: 1970
• Elkington, John, Cannibals with Forks: the Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business, New Society Publishers, Stony Creek, CT: 1998
• Friedman, Milton, Capitalism and Freedom, University of Chicago Press, Chicago: 2002
• Galbraith, John Kenneth, The Great Crash: 1929, Mariner Books, Boston: 1997
• Gruber, Jonathan and Hungerman, Daniel M., “Faith-Based Charity and Crowd Out During the Great Depression” (May 2005). NBER Working Paper No. W11332.
• Guinness, Os, The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life, W Publishing Group, Nashville: 1998
• Küng, Hans, “Declaration of the Religions for a Global Ethic,” 2000
• Johnson, Alex, “The faith-at-work movement finds a home: Building a Silicon Valley of the soul in Northwest Arkansas,” MSNBC.Com, March 21, 2005
• Jones, Laurie Beth, Jesus CEO: Using Ancient Wisdom for Visionary Leadership, Hyperion, New York: 1995
• Nash, Laura, Believers in Business, Thomas Nelson, Atlanta: 1994
• Nash, Laura, Church on Sunday, Work on Monday, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco: 2001
• O’Donnell, Jayne and Greg Farrell, “Business scandals prompt look into personal lives,” USA TODAY, November 5, 2004
• Redding, Gordon, S., The Spirit of Chinese Capitalism, Walter de Gruyter, New York: 1990
• Sellers, Jeff M, “Deliver Us from Wal-Mart? Christians are among those sounding the alarm about the ethics of this retail giant. Are the worries justified?” Christianity Today, April 22, 2005,
• Senge, Peter. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of a Learning Organization, Currency/Doubleday, New York: 1994
• Senge, Peter et. al, Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society, Doubleday, New York: 2004
• Shriver, Donald W., “What Business Managers Need to Know About the Clergy” from Business, Religion, and Ethics: Inquiry and Encounter, Donald G. Jones, Editor, Oelgeschlager, Gunn & Hain: Cambridge, MA: 1982
• Shy, Oz, “Dynamic Models of Religious Conformity and Conversion: Theory and Calibrations” (August 2005). WZB Markets and Political Economy Working Paper No. SP II 2005-12
• Smith, Adam, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Modern Library, New York: 1985
• Smith, Adam, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Augustus M. Kelley, New York: 1966
• Smith, Phillip Hartley, Quaker Business Ethics: A Plumb Line Guide to Practical Applications in Business and Industry, Diamond Library, Wilton: 2001
• Thompson, Scott, “Habits of Spiritually Grounded Leaders: It takes discipline and persistence to exercise these practices of mind,” The School Administrator, November 2005
• U. S. Catholic Bishops, 1986, Economic Justice for All: Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy, A Pastoral Message
• Wesley, John, Sermon 50: The Use of Money (Text from the 1872 Edition),

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