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A Catholic Spirituality for Business is timely in a business world that seems to grow more disenchanting and dehumanizing by the day. And the more specific focus on the logic of gift is an exciting new development in thinking about business spirituality. --Lloyd Sandelands, University of Michigan Mathematical measurement and modeling of economic transactions may convey the misleading impression that business decisions are driven by quantitative analysis and not values. Martin Schlag, Domenec Mele, and their colleagues draw on Pope Francis's writings and the growing academic literature on spirituality in the workplace to shine a light on the humanity that is at the heart of all economic activity. The essays point to the potential for this humanity to act as a counterbalance to inequality and suggest paths toward more sustainable forms of capitalism. --Stefanie Ann Lenway, Dean and Opus Distinguished Chair, Opus College of Business, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis-St. Paul As the flooded market of 'social enterprises' and books on finding meaning in business make clear, Pope Francis, and before him, Pope Benedict XVI, strike a nerve when they call for an economy centered on the human person, operating on the logic of charity, and which includes the poor in developing solutions to their own needs. The question is: how? Not every 'spiritual' solution is practicable or sustainable, or worthy of the human person. With this fine collection of essays, Martin Schlag makes a worthy contribution to those of us considering this 'how' -- how to live as a Christian disciple in the world of business. --Andreas Widmer, Director, Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship, The Catholic University of America

"""A Catholic Spirituality for Business is timely in a business world that seems to grow more disenchanting and dehumanizing by the day. And the more specific focus on the logic of gift is an exciting new development in thinking about business spirituality.""--Lloyd Sandelands, University of Michigan""Mathematical measurement and modeling of economic transactions may convey the misleading impression that business decisions are driven by quantitative analysis and not values. Martin Schlag, Domenec Melé, and their colleagues draw on Pope Francis's writings and the growing academic literature on spirituality in the workplace to shine a light on the humanity that is at the heart of all economic activity. The essays point to the potential for this humanity to act as a counterbalance to inequality and suggest paths toward more sustainable forms of capitalism.""--Stefanie Ann Lenway, Dean and Opus Distinguished Chair, Opus College of Business, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis-St. Paul ""As the flooded market of 'social enterprises' and books on finding meaning in business make clear, Pope Francis, and before him, Pope Benedict XVI, strike a nerve when they call for an economy centered on the human person, operating on the logic of charity, and which includes the poor in developing solutions to their own needs. The question is: how? Not every 'spiritual' solution is practicable or sustainable, or worthy of the human person. With this fine collection of essays, Martin Schlag makes a worthy contribution to those of us considering this 'how' -- how to live as a Christian disciple in the world of business.""--Andreas Widmer, Director, Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship, The Catholic University of America"

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