Top Five Business BooksA List of Books for MBA Students, Faculty, and Business Practitioners

Kenny Benge, a Graduate & Faculty Ministries staff member working at Vanderbilt University, passes along this list of best books about living a Christian life in the marketplace.

1. 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.
   
2. Called to Holy Wordliness, by Richard Mouw (Fortress).
   A theology of the laity.
   
3. Redeeming the Routines: Bringing Theology to Life, by Robert Banks (Bridgepoint).
   An excellent theology of everyday life and routine.
   
4. Redeeming the Time: A Christian Approach to Work & Leisure, by Leland Ryken (Baker).
   
5. 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.