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Explore the powerful intersection of spirituality and work in the groundbreaking book, Work Pray Code. This insightful analysis by Carolyn Chen reveals how tech giants are fundamentally reshaping spirituality to bolster productivity within the workplace. Delve into a world where religion blends seamlessly with professional life, as Silicon Valley's culture redefines traditional practices of worship.
This compelling read addresses the phenomenon where highly skilled workers devote unprecedented time and energy to their careers while moving away from conventional faith practices. By conducting in-depth interviews and gaining unique access to Silicon Valley’s elite, Chen unveils how tech companies are positioning themselves as the new spiritual institutions, providing the same sense of belonging and purpose that traditional religions once offered.
Work Pray Code uncovers the implications of this shift, examining the effects of mindfulness practices and corporate spiritual care on employee productivity and well-being. It raises critical questions about the future of our religious traditions and what happens when the workplace starts to play a pivotal role in shaping our identities and fulfilling our spiritual needs.
Ideal for tech workers, corporate leaders, and anyone seeking deeper meaning in their professional lives, this book shines a light on the evolving nature of work and spirituality in today's fast-paced society. Don't miss your chance to understand how your career can fulfill your soul's deepest longings.
Shipping Information: Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW, ISBN: 9780691219080, Format: Trade binding, Year: 2022, Publisher: Princeton University Press.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780691219080
Format: Trade binding
Year: 2022
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Description:
How tech giants are reshaping spirituality to serve their religion of peak productivity.
Silicon Valley is known for its lavish perks, intense work culture, and spiritual gurus. Work Pray Code explores how tech companies are bringing religion into the workplace in ways that are replacing traditional places of worship, blurring the line between work and religion and transforming the very nature of spiritual experience in modern life.
Over the past forty years, highly skilled workers have been devoting more time and energy to their jobs than ever before. They are also leaving churches, synagogues, and temples in droves — but they have not abandoned religion. Carolyn Chen spent more than five years in Silicon Valley, conducting a wealth of in-depth interviews and gaining unprecedented access to the best and brightest of the tech world. The result is a penetrating account of how work now satisfies workers’ needs for belonging, identity, purpose, and transcendence that religion once met. Chen argues that tech firms are offering spiritual care such as Buddhist-inspired mindfulness practices to make their employees more productive, but that our religious traditions, communities, and public sphere are paying the price.
We all want our jobs to be meaningful and fulfilling. Work Pray Code reveals what can happen when work becomes religion, and when the workplace becomes the institution that shapes our souls.
'Work Pray Code presents an extraordinarily fine-grained map of the traffic between religion and profit-s
This compelling read addresses the phenomenon where highly skilled workers devote unprecedented time and energy to their careers while moving away from conventional faith practices. By conducting in-depth interviews and gaining unique access to Silicon Valley’s elite, Chen unveils how tech companies are positioning themselves as the new spiritual institutions, providing the same sense of belonging and purpose that traditional religions once offered.
Work Pray Code uncovers the implications of this shift, examining the effects of mindfulness practices and corporate spiritual care on employee productivity and well-being. It raises critical questions about the future of our religious traditions and what happens when the workplace starts to play a pivotal role in shaping our identities and fulfilling our spiritual needs.
Ideal for tech workers, corporate leaders, and anyone seeking deeper meaning in their professional lives, this book shines a light on the evolving nature of work and spirituality in today's fast-paced society. Don't miss your chance to understand how your career can fulfill your soul's deepest longings.
Shipping Information: Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW, ISBN: 9780691219080, Format: Trade binding, Year: 2022, Publisher: Princeton University Press.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780691219080
Format: Trade binding
Year: 2022
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Description:
How tech giants are reshaping spirituality to serve their religion of peak productivity.
Silicon Valley is known for its lavish perks, intense work culture, and spiritual gurus. Work Pray Code explores how tech companies are bringing religion into the workplace in ways that are replacing traditional places of worship, blurring the line between work and religion and transforming the very nature of spiritual experience in modern life.
Over the past forty years, highly skilled workers have been devoting more time and energy to their jobs than ever before. They are also leaving churches, synagogues, and temples in droves — but they have not abandoned religion. Carolyn Chen spent more than five years in Silicon Valley, conducting a wealth of in-depth interviews and gaining unprecedented access to the best and brightest of the tech world. The result is a penetrating account of how work now satisfies workers’ needs for belonging, identity, purpose, and transcendence that religion once met. Chen argues that tech firms are offering spiritual care such as Buddhist-inspired mindfulness practices to make their employees more productive, but that our religious traditions, communities, and public sphere are paying the price.
We all want our jobs to be meaningful and fulfilling. Work Pray Code reveals what can happen when work becomes religion, and when the workplace becomes the institution that shapes our souls.
'Work Pray Code presents an extraordinarily fine-grained map of the traffic between religion and profit-s