Rice Univesrity Logo
    • FAQ
    • Deposit your work
    • Login
    View Item 
    •   Rice Scholarship Home
    • Faculty & Staff Research
    • Faculty Publications
    • View Item
    •   Rice Scholarship Home
    • Faculty & Staff Research
    • Faculty Publications
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    From Secular to Sacred: Bringing Work to Church

    Thumbnail
    Name:
    religions-11-00442-v2.pdf
    Size:
    1.253Mb
    Format:
    PDF
    View/Open
    Author
    Ecklund, Elaine Howard; Daniels, Denise; Schneider, Rachel C.
    Date
    2020
    Abstract
    Work and faith are significant life commitments for many people. Understanding how people integrate these facets of life is important for scholars, faith leaders, and religious communities. We use data from Faith at Work: An Empirical Study, which includes a U.S. general population survey (n = 13,270) and in-depth interviews. Drawing data from a Christian sub-sample we ask: How do Christians draw on their faith community in relation to work? For those in different social locations, in what ways does talk about work come up in churches? Finally, what work-related challenges do Christians experience, and how do Christians want their churches and pastors to address them? We find that many Christians see faith as a resource for enhancing their work lives but do not often encounter discussion of work at church or talk with pastors about work, though Black congregants are nearly twice as likely as whites to hear their pastors discuss work. Further, specific groups of Christians want their pastors and churches to do more to support them in their work and/or to help them navigate faith in the workplace. They also want churches to better accommodate the needs of working people at church, so they can more fully participate.
    Citation
    Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Daniels, Denise and Schneider, Rachel C.. "From Secular to Sacred: Bringing Work to Church." Religions, 11, no. 9 (2020) MDPI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11090442.
    Published Version
    https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11090442
    Keyword
    religion; faith; work; Christianity; sociology; More... workplace; clergy; pastors; church Less...
    Type
    Journal article
    Publisher
    MDPI
    Citable link to this page
    https://hdl.handle.net/1911/109545
    Rights
    This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
    Link to License
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Collections
    • Faculty Publications [4032]
    • Sociology Publications [55]

    Home | FAQ | Contact Us | Privacy Notice
    Managed by the Digital Scholarship Services at Fondren Library, Rice University
    Physical Address: 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005
    Mailing Address: MS-44, P.O.BOX 1892, Houston, Texas 77251-1892
    Site Map

     

    Searching scope

    Browse

    Entire ArchiveCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsTypeThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsType

    My Account

    Login

    Statistics

    View Usage Statistics

    Home | FAQ | Contact Us | Privacy Notice
    Managed by the Digital Scholarship Services at Fondren Library, Rice University
    Physical Address: 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005
    Mailing Address: MS-44, P.O.BOX 1892, Houston, Texas 77251-1892
    Site Map