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https://doi.org/10.31192/np.15.3.4

Are we »Christians« only on Sunday? What about Monday? - The biblical drama in four acts as a framework for an integrated view of work

Dražen Glavaš orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-4353-2280


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Abstract

By percentage Croatia is a highly »Christian« country (more than 91 percent), sadly that does not mean that it is a country of high ethics. In reality Croatia struggles on many ethical battlegrounds. We start this paper with the assumption that a rightly understood and clearly communicated integration of biblical faith and work can contribute to the solution of problems in Croatia. But we found through research that few people read and understand the Bible. When the Holy Scriptures do not have such importance, for most people who describe themselves as Christians, it is hard to understand and talk about the biblical view of work or biblical theology of work. We propose a new framework for an integrated view of work as a lens through which we can better understand the whole biblical story. Without looking at this more complete framework, we lose the context and conception of work.

Keywords

integration of faith and work; theology of work; business ethics; corruption; ethical culture in Croatia; Bible reading habits; biblical drama in four acts; Kingdom work

Hrčak ID:

189510

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/189510

Publication date:

21.11.2017.

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