The Kingdom of God is Enacted and Manifest in Organizational Settings

Bruno Dyck

Chapter 10 in Management and the Gospel, 2013, pp 85-95 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Thus far our analysis has shown that the Gospel of Luke is quite relevant for management issues. In particular, we have found that Luke is consistently quite critical of conventional first-century practices related to oikos, acquisitive economics, and Roman patron-client relations. However, while it is one thing to critique the status quo, it is quite another matter to articulate what a new-and-improved approach to management might look like. At its best “pro-testing” conventional management must go beyond challenging existing structures and systems; it must begin to spell out and promote improved alternative structures and systems.1 As it turns out, Luke’s descriptions of the “kingdom of God” (KOG)—a central theme in Luke—actually go to some length to spell out the hallmarks of a new-andimproved approach to management.2

Keywords: Mustard Seed; Institutional Norm; Final Passage; Protestant Ethic; Eternal Life (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137315861_10

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