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A summary of the most important issues, approaches and models in the field of spirituality in business, economics and society. The Handbook of Spirituality and Business presents a comprehensive pluralistic view covering all the major religious and spiritual traditions.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction
• Spirituality and Business
• Part I The Nature of Spirituality
• Religion and Spirituality in Doing Business
• Spirituality and Rationality
• Neuroscience of Spirituality
• Transpersonal Psychology; J.Drew
• Moral Agency and Spiritual Intelligence
• Gender and Spirituality
• Critique as a Notion of Spirituality
• Part II Spiritually Inspired Economics
• Aristotle and Economics
• Indian Management Philosophy
• Buddhist Economics
• Confucianism and Taoism
• Budo Philosophy
• Jewish Ethical Perspective on Income and Wealth Distribution
• Catholic Social Teaching
• Protestant Economic Principles and Practices
• Islamic Economics
• Quakers Spirituality and the Economy
• Personalism
• Liberation Theology
• Schumacher's People Centered Economics
• Baha'i Perspective on Business and Organization
• Teaching of the Elders and its Relevance for Modern Organization
• Part III Socio-Economic Problems in Spiritual Perspective
• Spiritual Meaning of the Economic Crisis
• Materialistic Value-orientation
• Avarice
• Globalization
• Deep Ecology
• Climate Change and Spirituality
• Ecological Sustainability and Organizational Functioning
• Responsibility for Future Generations
• Authenticity
• Frugality
• Civil Economy
• Part IV Business Spirituality
• Spiritually-based Leadership
• Deep Leadership and Spirit-driven Business Organizations
• Transformation Management
• Mindfulness in Business
• Voicing Meaningfulness at Work
• Multinational Companies and the Common Good
• Corporate Conscience
• Part V Good Practices and Working Models
• The New Role of Business in Society
• Self-assessment and Improvement Process for Organizations
• Edgewalker Organizations
• The Economy of Communion
• Ethical Branding
• Fair Trade Movement
• Ethical Banking

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CHOICE Review

Ayn Rand, with her economic vision based on a godless, laissez-faire system, would have hated this book. Some readers as well may view the juxtaposition of business and spirituality as a mistake. Spirituality is personal and focused; business is public and diffuse. The strength of this collection of 48 essays is its breadth; its weakness is that it does not speak with a single voice. Edited by Bouckaert (emer., Catholic Univ. of Leuven, Belgium) and Zsolnai (Corvinus Univ. of Budapest, Hungary), it features contributors with mainly European and Roman Catholic roots. The book does give a nod to other traditions by including representative essays from Protestant, Islamic, Asian, and other perspectives. It is divided into five parts titled "The Nature of Spirituality," "Spiritually Inspired Economics," "Socio-Economic Problems in Spiritual Perspective," "Business Spirituality," and "Good Practices and Working Models." Contributors argue that various forms of spirituality exist--some religious, some not. Some contributors believe that spiritual businesses practices will lead to a postcapitalistic, value-driven economy. Others, who regard spirituality in business as a paradigm shift, promote the overall view that business should be driven by communal values rather than profit--an unlikely occurrence, in this reviewer's opinion. Summing Up: Optional. Researchers, professionals/practitioners, and general readers. D. Stewart emeritus, Ohio University