From Secular to Sacred: Bringing Work to Church

dc.citation.articleNumber442en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber9en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleReligionsen_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber11en_US
dc.contributor.authorEcklund, Elaine Howarden_US
dc.contributor.authorDaniels, Deniseen_US
dc.contributor.authorSchneider, Rachel C.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-10T21:22:24Zen_US
dc.date.available2020-11-10T21:22:24Zen_US
dc.date.issued2020en_US
dc.description.abstractWork 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEcklund, Elaine Howard, Daniels, Denise and Schneider, Rachel C.. "From Secular to Sacred: Bringing Work to Church." <i>Religions,</i> 11, no. 9 (2020) MDPI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11090442.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/rel11090442en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/109545en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rightsThis 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 citeden_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subject.keywordreligionen_US
dc.subject.keywordfaithen_US
dc.subject.keywordworken_US
dc.subject.keywordChristianityen_US
dc.subject.keywordsociologyen_US
dc.subject.keywordworkplaceen_US
dc.subject.keywordclergyen_US
dc.subject.keywordpastorsen_US
dc.subject.keywordchurchen_US
dc.titleFrom Secular to Sacred: Bringing Work to Churchen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.publicationpublisher versionen_US
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