Finding Faith in Business
About the book
Celeste Harvey and Andrew Gustafson have brought together seminal essays from a range of thinkers, including Pope Francis and Chiara Lubich, all exploring the intersection of faith and business.
“Business Ethics Professor and Entrepreneur Andrew Gustafson’s book is an outstanding and inspiring practitioner-based historical, practical, and theoretical explanation and analysis of the ‘Economy of Communion’ business, social, and spiritual development movement and businesses. The purpose and practice of this type of communion-oriented business is to practice business with genuine, personal friendship relationships with the people doing the helping and the people being helped, often the very needy such as the poor and the addicted but also the wealthy, in a way that promotes combined and mutually reinforcing material and spiritual development. Several case studies illustrate how entrepreneurs came to understand through their business and friendship relationship experiences how the way they were doing their business work was related to larger spiritual foundations of joined and mutually reinforcing personal, business, and spiritual development of the ‘Economy of Communion’ movement. It is rare that a book so successfully inspires and combines these multiple dimensions.” - Richard Nielsen , Boston College
"Finding Faith in Business stands as a definitive and indispensable resource for anyone seeking to understand and implement the principles of the Economy of Communion (EoC). This comprehensive guide offers a profound exploration of the EoC philosophy and its practical applications in today's economic landscape. Reading it inspired me and gave me a deeper faith and understanding why I've chosen to align my business with the principles and best practices outlined in this book."- - Paul Catipon, President of Netpro Communications Inc.
“We have been in desperate need for a new playbook when it comes to speaking about ethics in business. And now we have one.”- Charles Camosy
Endorsements
“My counsel to you, dear would-be reader, is to be brave; be ready to be changed; buy the book, and tell all your friends.”
This book clarifies the theory and explores the practices behind the ‘Economy of Communion’. It is useful to those who have already received the good news, as well as to those who still haven’t.
Finding Faith in Business accomplishes the difficult and important task of carrying out a rigorous scholarly engagement with the Economy of Communion (EOC) movement while also offering insights for living out EOC principles in daily life and business
If someone wants to get a comprehensive picture of one of the most interesting movements related to business, this book is the place to look.
[A]n outstanding and inspiring practitioner-based historical, practical, and theoretical explanation and analysis of the ‘Economy of Communion’ business, social, and spiritual development movement.
This book is a great place to start if you are not yet familiar with the Economy of Communion, and an important resource for those already engaged with its ideas and insights.
