This edited collection about faith-based leadership discusses Christian perspectives on the virtues, practices and issues that leaders encounter. The authors represent a wide array of Christian traditions in probing the nature of Christian leadership.

Designed for church groups interested in the United Church of Christ's statement on economic life and justice, this book takes up both personal and public economic issues. Blank is a distinguished member of the economics faculty at Northwestern University and is naive about neither economics nor theology.

Briner writes persuasively about the desperate need for strong Christian involvement, particularly in the media-related businesses that he describes in his book.

In this new book co-authored by Briner, he and Pritchord explore the ways in which Jesus modeled leadership and how these approaches are applicable to contemporary leadership.

The main thrust of Buford's book is to stress that business goals and priorities must shift from basic business success to Kingdom service. He supports these ideas by describing his own experiences in the telecommunications industry.

These three teachers of business in Christian colleges explore both the ends and the means by which business should be conducted by Christians. The book contains Scriptural study questions and practical business vignettes with each chapter. It can be read individually or easily used for small group study. A corresponding instruction manual is available through the Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universities based in Washington, D.C.

Covey writes as a member of the Mormon Church. He retains a high regard for Biblical principles regarding the relationship between business and personal life. He writes persuasively about the relationship between business effort, time for personal reflection and renewal, and the bridge between personal change and principled leadership.

Covey continues his run as a popular business author, trying to help leaders focus on what's most important both in their lives and in their businesses.

In his first published reflections about visionary approaches to business Max DePree creates a combination of concrete business stories and thoughtful musings about those events as foundations for how Christians in business should operate.

In his second book Max DePree explores the nature of business leadership as a vehicle which helps human community within the business enterprise thrive. Through business vignettes based on his own experiences as the CEO of the Herman Miller Corporation he weaves a tapestry of faith-based commentary about leadership.

DePree, Max. Leading Without Power: Finding Hope in Serving Community. Shepherd Foundation, Holland, Mi., 1997

In his third book Max DePree considers the motivations, aspirations and leadership of those who work in and with not-for-profit organizations. Through stories and vignettes he describes those who serve and the hope that they provide to local and global recipients of their efforts.

These authors combine business case examples with a faith-based commentary about principles by which Christians should operate in the marketplace. They examine specific ethical challenges along with Christian values and practical strategies to guide Christian decision-making in tough situations.

Diehl, William. Thank God, It's Monday. Fortress Press. 1982.

Although some might regard Diehl's book as dated, its basic premise about the need to integrate Christian faith into business life is well explicated. The examples from the steel industry, which Diehl, a Lutheran churchman, provides from his own experience, have maintained the popularity of this book over time.

This is a very thoughtful compilation of writings by some of the best thinkers about and practitioners of management. They reflect on visions, strategies and practices for the next era of leadership.

While Gangel and Canine's study appears to have a focus on churches and other Christian organizations, their advice about these topics is soundly based in management theory and Biblical principles. This would be a helpful book for business organizations particularly when working through difficult internal struggles.

These two Dutch Christian economists are interested in changing the assumptions made in the industrialized world about economic life and policy. They recommend serious reforms with a view toward sustainability of economic development.

Hardy, a Calvin College professor of philosophy, inquires into the idea of Christian calling, how it relates to career choices and the design of human work. He looks at how the ideas of 20th century management thinkers and Biblical ideas about calling have and should influenced the purpose and design of jobs.

Herman has assembled an unusual collection of reflections about business crossing a range of religious traditions. While many of the articles explore the nuances in the perspectives of Catholics and Protestants, others examine connections with Buddhism, Islam and Judaism.

Hill, a lawyer, ethicist and Dean of the Business School at Seattle Pacific University, describes how he believes that Christian concepts of holiness, love and justice should inform the ethics involved in business issues such as honesty in transactions, disclosure requirements, employer-employee relations, privacy rights, discrimination and affirmative action, the environment and issues of property.

This small but unusual volume tells a variety of stories of courage and integrity in the business world. The authors obviously believe that stories of virtue provide models for the virtuous behavior of those that read them.

Jones, Laurie Beth. Jesus, CEO. Hyperion, 1995.

Jones, a Christian business consultant, describes her understanding of the leadership style of Jesus. She then applies these lessons to suggestions for the business behavior of contemporary business leaders.

This writer for Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) Expands on some of the Christian perspectives about which he has written for many years in "Marketplace", the MEDA newsletter.

Mellema, a professor of philosophy and business ethics at Calvin College, has developed this excellent six-part study book to focus on basic issues of Christian business ethics related to employees, consumers, and the general community. The cases and questions can be used by individuals but are designed to work well in small discussion groups.

In this excellent well documented study of evangelical business leaders, Nash, a business researcher at Boston University, describes the tensions, challenges, values and sources of satisfaction that motivate the work of these Christian leaders. The book is filled with stories and commentary from Christian business leaders which is both encouraging and thought provoking.

This book was the 1996 winner of the John Templeton Prize for an outstanding book about the relationship between religious faith and business enterprise. In it Novak, a writer grounded in the Catholic tradition, examines the nature of business as a religious and moral calling not only toward consumers but also in the interests of the poor and those wishing to enhance political democracy.

Bill Pollard, the Chairman and CEO of ServiceMaster Corporation, an Illinois-based company for industrial and household management, writes thoughtfully about the goals and values that have guided this organization for several decades. He describes how ServiceMaster continues to strive for honoring God in all their undertakings while they work in many different environments, have a diversifying employee base, and interact with shareholders.

This book discusses Christian approaches to the influence of one's sex in the work environment. It focuses on how differences in male/female biology and socialization intersect with Biblical perspectives to shape our understandings of vocation, leadership style, and workplace responsibilities for gender-related issues.

Schneider, a recent professor of religion and theology at Calvin College, considers perspectives on wealth and the material world by examining in significant detail the Biblical evidence for Christian economic principles. He argues that the Biblical vision balances enjoyment and satisfaction of the material world with proper responsibility.