Episode 30 - Hard Work Never Killed Anybody, Part XI - Introducing The Issues

In this episode of Ergasia, we conclude our exploration of the book Hard Work Never Killed Anybody: How The Idolisation of Work Sustains This Deadly Lie by John Bottomley by going back to the beginning and exploring the origins of Bottomley's ministry to the world of work. How did Bottomley come to understand the gulf that exists between our beliefs and expectations about work and the sometimes brutal reality? How did this understanding lead him into an awareness of the gap between the Church's theological tradition concerning work and the practice it articulated through its congregation-centric polity? What is Bottomley's understanding of God's call to the Church with respect to its minstry to and within the world of work?

 

References

Bottomley, John Hard Work Never Killed Anybody: How the Idolisation of Work Sustains this Deadly Lie. Northcote: Morning Star Publishing, 2015.