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DAVID W. MILLER
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/// God at Work ///
The History and Promise of the
Faith at Work Movement
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2007
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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
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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
Description:What was once taboo - faith at work - is increasingly accepted in corporate America. From secretaries to CEOs, growing numbers of businesspeople today want to bring their faith to work. Yet they wrestle with how to do this effectively and appropriately in a pluralistic corporate setting. For help th
