Top Ten Business Books

The Fabric of This World: Inquiries into Calling, Career Choice, and the Design of Human Work, by Lee Hardy (Eerdmans).
A great theological and historical perspective on work and calling.

Called to Holy Worldliness, by Richard Mouw (Fortress).
A theology of the laity.

Redeeming the Routines: Bringing Theology to Life, by Robert Banks (Bridgepoint).
An excellent theology of everyday life and routine.

Redeeming the Time: A Christian Approach to Work & Leisure, by Leland Ryken (Baker).

Leisure: the Basis of Culture, by Josef Pieper (St. Augustine’s Press).
A profound reflection on the theological implications of losing the rhythm of work and leisure.

Toward a Theology of the Corporation (American Enterprise Institute) and The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism (Touchstone) by Michael Novak.
Both are positive, yet critical theological assessments of the economic system of Western capitalism. The former is an early work containing seminal thoughts that are fully developed in the latter.

Business as a Calling: Work and the Examined Life (Free Press), by Michael Novak.
Simply one of the best — and perhaps only — books of its kind.

The Monday Connection: On Being an Authentic Christian in a Monday-Friday World (HarperSanFrancicso), by William Diehl.
A thoughtful and practical book written by from experience by a reflective business practioner.

The Presence of the Kingdom (reprint, Helmers & Howard), by Jacques Ellul.
A profound book on cultural engagement and the challenges of following Christ in our pragmatic culture.