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We help professionals better understand religion in the lives of those they serve by:

•	Supporting ground-breaking research on how religion impacts people and encouraging its use by the appropriate professionals;
•	Creating resources and training to improve the religious literacies among professionals;
•	Developing and testing curriculum in religion for all disciplines;
•	Presenting public forums and other activities to increase the visibility of religion in the public sphere.

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Readings

Cavanagh, Gerald F. and Bandsuch, Mark R. (2002). "Virtue as a Benchmark for Spirituality in Business," Journal of Business Ethics, 38, 109-117.

Epstein, Edwin M. (2002). "Religion and Business: The Critical Role of Religious Traditions in Management Education," Journal of Business Ethics, 38, 91-96.

Hicks, Douglas A. (2002). "Spiritual and Religious Diversity in the Workplace: Implications for Leadership," Leadership Quarterly, 13, 379-396.

Jones, Harold B., Jr. (1997). "The Protestant Ethic: Weber's Model and the Empirical Literature," Human Relations, 50(7), 757-778.

Kennedy, Ellen J. and Lawton, Leigh (1998). "Religiousness and Business Ethics," Journal of Business Ethics, 17, 163-175.

Mitroff, Ian I. and Denton, Elizabeth A. (1999). "A Study of Spirituality in the Workplace," Sloan Management Review, 40(4), 83-92.

Neal, Judi (2000). "Work as Service to the Divine," American Behavioral Scientist, 43(8), 1316-1333.

Primeaux, Patrick and Vega, Gina (2002). "Operationalizing Maslow: Religion and Flow as Business Partners," Journal of Business Ethics, 30, 97-108.

Sandelands, Lloyd E. (2003). "The Argument for God From Organization Studies," Journal of Management Inquiry, 12 (2), 168-177.

Van Wensveen Siker, Louke, Donahue, James A., and Green, Ronald M. (1991). "Does Your Religion Make a Difference in Your Business Ethics? The Case of Consolidated Foods," Journal of Business Ethics, 10, 819-832.

See more ideas of how religion impacts business here and economics here.

See recent abstracts about religion and business here and economics here.

A blog about faith, values and spirituality in the media, from CORP faculty, staff and friends.

ReligiousLife@MU
A blog about religious life at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

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Read the latest surveys and polls on religion, beliefs, trends and current events here.

See list of professional and faith organizations here.

Read scholarly and professional journals about religion and medicine, journalism, political science and more here.