What jesus says to public administration
International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior
ISSN: 1093-4537
Article publication date: 1 March 2003
Abstract
This essay argues that the teachings and ethos of Jesus are needed in public administration to address a potentially fatal weakness in modern industrial republics. The latter are increasingly prone to domestic tyranny and international imperialism, because the values that once constrained them, and which once were thought to be self-evident, have been traced to Christian doctrines discredited by science. The first half of the essay chronicles the failure of the West either to live well without these values, or to find an alternative foundation for them. The second half of the essay shows that this dilemma can be overcome by differentiating the teachings of Jesus from the doctrines of Christianity
Citation
Lance, d.-S. (2003), "What jesus says to public administration", International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, Vol. 6 No. 1, pp. 90-118. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-06-01-2003-B001
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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