God at Work: The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement PDF
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/// God at Work /// This page intentionally left blank DAVID W. MILLER & /// God at Work /// The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement 1 2007 1 OxfordUniversityPress,Inc.,publishesworksthatfurther OxfordUniversity(cid:1)sobjectiveofexcellence inresearch,scholarship,andeducation. Oxford NewYork Auckland CapeTown DaresSalaam HongKong Karachi KualaLumpur Madrid Melbourne MexicoCity Nairobi NewDelhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto Withof(cid:2)cesin Argentina Austria Brazil Chile CzechRepublic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore SouthKorea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright(cid:1)2007byOxfordUniversityPress,Inc. PublishedbyOxfordUniversityPress,Inc. 198MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NewYork10016 www.oup.com OxfordisaregisteredtrademarkofOxfordUniversityPress Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced, storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans, electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise, withoutthepriorpermissionofOxfordUniversityPress. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Miller,DavidW.(DavidWard),1957— Godatwork:thehistoryandpromiseoftheFaithatWorkmovement/DavidW.Miller. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN-13978-0-19-531480-9 ISBN0-19-531480-8 1. FaithatWork(Organization) 2. Work(cid:3)Religiousaspects(cid:3)Christianity. 3. Work(cid:3)Religiousaspects. 4. Employees(cid:3)Religiouslife. I. Title. BT738.5.M5752006 267’.13(cid:3)dc22 2006014123 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica onacid-freepaper To Avodah This page intentionally left blank & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Certain clich(cid:4)s exist because there is an inescapable truth that lies behind the utterance. That is indeed the case here, as there are many people with- outwhomIcouldnothavewrittenthisbook.Allcreditgoestothemandall errors belong to me. Iamindebtedtomanyintheacademy,withspecialthankstomyDok- torvater Max L. Stackhouse, Peter Paris, and Robert Wuthnow who took specialinterestinhelpingmetransitionfromaseniorbusinessexecutivetoa junior scholar. Further, deep appreciation to Miroslav Volf, my friend and colleague at the Yale Center for Faith & Culture (YCFC) for partnering and sharingavisionoffaithasawayoflife.IalsothankothercolleaguesatYale fortheirfriendshipandsupport,includingYaleDivinitySchoolDeanHarold Attridge, the staff of the YCFC, the YCFC Advisory Board (Denise Adams, GeorgeBauer,MichaelDonovan,LordGrif(cid:2)ths,JohnHare,DaleJones,Jim Lane, Gene Lockhart, Bill Pollard, Steve Reinemund, Scott Smith, Yolanda Smith,JohnTyson,andDebraWaller),andmyYaleSchoolofManagement colleagues,includingDeanJoelPodolny,JeffSonnenfeld,andJeffreyGarten. I have been fortunate to have many special conversation partners, ad- visors, and journeyers in the Faith at Work movement. Together, you are too numerous to mention, but I would be remiss if I did not give special thankstoAndr(cid:4)Delbecq,GeorgeBauer,DickBroholm,HowardE.Butt,Jr., Buddy Childress, Bill Diehl, Jack Fortin, Mark Greene, Pete Hammond, LarryHerr,BuckJacobs,PatKidd,JohnLewis,JudiNeal,(cid:5)Mac(cid:6)McQuiston, Mike McLoughlin, Paul Minus, Bill Pollard, David Prescott, Shirley Roels, Martin Rutte, Sally Simmel, John Tyson, and Jos(cid:4) Zeilstra. Many others have encouraged and helped me during the different chaptersofmywork.Whileonlyapartiallist,IthankKerryAlberti,Clarence Ammons, the board members and constituents of the Avodah Institute, viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS John Beckett, Bob Buford, Ken Blanchard, Tillie Chase, Tom Charles, Chris Clark, Jim Charlesworth, Ellen Charry, Howard Dahl, Jane Douglass, David Dunkel, Whit Ferguson, Ann Fudge, Steve and Marian Gaultney, Lou Giu- liano, the members of the Greenwich Leadership Forum, Stephen Green, Walter Hansen, Hank and Erika Higdon, Doug Holladay, Bill Johnson, Ka- thrynJohnson,LaurieBethJones,CharlesKerr,PaulKlaassen,DwightLacy, attendeesofLeadersOf(cid:7)ineevents,LindaandPhilLader,EdMcVaney,Ted Malloch,PeteMcDonald,BobandJaneMcLennan,KenMelrose,PatMiller, MorganMitchell,DickMurphy,BobNaegele,LauraNash,KathyNelson,Pat O(cid:1)Neill,RayOwens, Greg Page,Daleand JillPemberton,Eric Pillmore, Tad Piper, Sid Reber, Russ and Debbie Reynolds, Jim Reese, Dudley Rochelle, EdwinRobertson,DaveRobinson,NancyRockwell,KathySakenfeld,Richard Scurry, Bob Slocum, Pat Spainhour, Jack Stewart, John Stott, Tom Tewell, BrianWalker,GlynnandMandyWalker,JonWard,CraigWeatherup,David Wessner, Don Williams, Ollie Williams, Dave Williamson, Rick Woolworth, PeterWodtke,andMikeVolkema. I am also in debt to Susan Richardson and Rose-Anne Moore for their meticulous help, and to Cynthia Read and her team at Oxford University Press for their vision to undertake this subject and their exceptional assis- tance. And I thank my immediate and extended family, who have accom- panied me during the writing of this book and throughout my life. Yes,thereisonepersonmissinginthisacknowledgment.Indeed,with- outthesacri(cid:2)ce,support,love,encouragement,redpen,andprayersofKaren LynKahnMiller,mywife,bestfriend,andconversationpartner,Iwouldstill beonpageone.Thankyou,Karen,andthankyouall. David Ward Miller Soli Deo Gloria & CONTENTS Introduction 3 ONE (cid:5)Faith at Work(cid:6)? 9 TWO The Social Gospel Era (c. 1890s—1945) 23 THREE The Ministry of the Laity Era (c. 1946—1985) 39 FOUR The Faith at Work Era (c. 1985—Present) 63 FIVE Response of the Church and the Theological Academy to FAW 79 SIX Faith at Work as a Social Movement 105 SEVEN Analyzing and Understanding the Faith at Work Movement 125 EIGHT The Future of the Faith at Work Movement 143 Notes 155 Selected Bibliography 197 Index 219
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