Work in the Spirit: Toward a Theology of Work

By Miroslav Volf

Book Overview

Since the rise of modern industrial society, work has come to pervade and rule the lives of men and women. Although there have been many popular books on the Christian understanding of work, this is the first scholarly effort to articulate a developed Protestant theology. Volf interprets work from a new perspective--in terms of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit--and explores the nature of work in both capitalist and socialist societies. Within these macroeconomic frameworks, he considers a variety of work, including industrial, agricultural, medical, political, and artistic. Volf rejects the traditional protestant understanding of work as vocation, and argues for a doctrine of work as cooperation with God.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195068084
• ISBN13: 9780195068085
• Release Date: June 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.6" x 1.1" x 5.8"