Books

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Books by Richard Higginson

Christian entrepreneurs are at the heart of the church's mission. They are dynamic, innovative followers of Christ who are making a major contribution to our society through the companies they run, the products they make and the people they influence.

Faith, Hope + the Global Economy: A Power for Good

Richard Higginson argues that, rightly understood and applied, faith can be an enormous power for good - stimulating enterprise, reducing poverty, promoting integrity, ensuring sustainability and fostering discipleship.

The Ethics of Executive Pay

Differentials in pay are a matter of major controversy, especially at times of cutbacks such as were triggered by the global financial crisis of 2006-8.

Questions of Business Life

Many important questions of life concern business, but too often they are left unanswered. Richard Higginson concentrates on the tough and complex issues that confront businesspeople every day.

The Ethics of Business Competition: Law of the Jungle?

Is the world of business competition a jungle where anything goes, or should competition be exercised with constraints?

Transforming Leadership: A Christian Approach to Management

Good leadership is a priceless asset in any organisation. This book brings insights from biblical Christianity and modern management theory together in a creative and lively way.

Called to Account

Called to Account sheds fresh light on many ethical dilemmas which confront the conscientious businessperson, bringing Christian theology and business practice together in an exciting and imaginative way.

Books by Peter Heslam

Much of the written output of our Director Peter Heslam is in the form of academic peer-reviewed book chapters and journal articles. Some of these, plus some pieces aimed at a more general readership, are available via the ‘Articles’ section of this website. The books below are available via the links embedded in the images.

Abraham Kuyper on Business and Economics

Edited by Peter S. Heslam (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2021). Click image for details and commendations.

Integral Human Development

A special themed issue of the Journal of Markets and Morality, 16.1 (400 pages).

Transforming Capitalism: Entrepreneurship and the Renewal of Thrift

by Peter S. Heslam (Cambridge: Grove, 2010).

Globalization and the Good

Edited by Peter S. Heslam (London: SPCK, 2004).

Globalization: Unravelling the New Capitalism

by Peter S. Heslam (Cambridge: Grove, 2003).

Creating a Christian Worldview: Abraham Kuyper’s Lectures on Calvinism

Cambridge/Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998

Book Reviews

Doughnut Economics

Kate Raworth is, in her own words, an economist focused on exploring the economic thinking needed to address the 21st century’s social and ecological challenges.

Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy

Tim Harford has written a very readable and enjoyable introduction to Fifty Things that made the Modern Economy.

Theology of Work: 5 Volumes of Bible Commentary

The Theology of Work Project began in 2007, when a mainly American group of scholars came together fuelled by a shared frustration.

Leader-Smithing

“Apprenticeship that hones skills a step at a time is better than the one-off course,” says Eve Poole.

The New Ecology of Leadership: Business Mastery in a Chaotic World

The theme of the 2014 Faith in Business conference at Ridley Hall was The Lifecycle of Business. Whether you attended the conference or not, David Hurst’s book provides material to provoke our thinking.

Entrepreneurial Leadership: finding your calling, making a difference

Is entrepreneurship a calling that can make a difference? Paul Stevens and Richard Goossen believe so.

Every Good Endeavour: Connecting Your work to God’s Plan for the World

Tim Keller has achieved prominence in recent years as founder-pastor of New York’s Redeemed Presbyterian Church, which has grown to 5,000 members since its inception in 1989.

Work Matters: lessons from Scripture

Paul Stevens has worked as a carpenter, pastor, on the staff of IVCF, church planter and latterly as an academic.

The Church on Capitalism: Theology and the Market

This book is an outworking of a doctoral thesis and its aim is to examine the Church of England’s engagement with capitalism from 1989 to the present.

Working without Wilting: Starting well to finish strong

Work matters hugely declares Mark Greene in his introduction to this book (p9). Working without Wilting is one of a series on faith and work published by IVP for the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity.

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