Managing religion : the management of Christian religious and faith-based organizations / Malcolm Torry, London School of Economics, UK.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torry, Malcolm, 1955- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious institutions--Management.

Religious institutions.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

Religion is an increasingly significant factor in our society. So, understanding religious and faith-based organizations is more important than ever. Until now Malcolm Torry's Managing God's Business has been the only wide-ranging survey of the characteristics of religious and faith-based organizations. Now in his new two-volume work, Managing Religion: The Management of Christian Religious and Faith-Based Organizations, he offers the first comprehensive discussion of the management of religious and faith-based organizations (in this case of Christian ones). Each chapter offers a discussion of the earliest Christian organizations based on New Testament evidence; a study of modern religious and faith-based organizations and their management based on classic and recent research literature, and where necessary on new theory; and an exploration of aspects of secular management theory that might or might not be appropriate to the management of religious and faith-based organizations. This book is essential reading for anyone involved in the management of organizations in the vast and increasingly important religious sector. Book jacket.

Contents:

V. 1. Internal relationships

v. 2. External relationships.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Formerly CIP.

ISBN:

9780230347946

0230347940

9781137439260

1137439262

OCLC:

892526478