Your Whole Self at Work: The Sociology of Religion in the Workplace / Elaine Ecklund
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Elaine Ecklund discusses the role of faith in professional life and its impact on identity and community in the workplace.
Work shapes identity, community, and meaning—but how should faith show up in professional life? Sociologist Elaine Ecklund discusses religion in the workplace, drawing on research conducted with co-author Denise Daniels. “I think our faith compels us to hope for and enact flourishing for everyone.” In this episode with Evan Rosa, Ecklund reflects on vocation, gender, authenticity, and principled pluralism in modern workplaces. Together they discuss workplace identity, gender discrimination, calling across occupations, boundaries around work, religion’s public role, and pluralism in professional life. Episode Highlights “I think our faith compels us to hope for and enact flourishing for everyone.” “People use their religion to bring justice to their workplaces.” “They don’t want to pretend they’re someone different.” “There are ways in which our faith traditions can put needed boundaries around our work.” “I am being fully who I am and I am oriented toward the other.” About Elaine Ecklund Elaine Howard Ecklund is a sociologist of religion and professor at Rice University, where she directs the Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance. Her research…
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