Lexington Books
Pages: 160
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Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-1-4985-8428-9 • Hardback • August 2019 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
978-1-4985-8429-6 • eBook • August 2019 • $105.50 • (£82.00)
Thomas V. Frederick is professor at California Baptist University.
Scott E. Dunbar is associate professor at California Baptist University.
Chapter One: Burnout Research
Chapter Two: Family Oriented Factors and Burnout
Chapter Three: Psychological and Spiritual Perspectives on Coping with Stress and Burnout
Chapter Four: Calling, Caring, and Connecting: An Overview
Chapter Five: A Christian Perspective on Calling and Meaning-Making at the Workplace
Chapter Six: Caring as a Resource for Coping with Emotional Exhaustion
Chapter Seven: Connecting as a Resource for Engaging with Depersonalization
Chapter Eight: Calling, Caring, Connecting: Some Concluding Remarks
Burnout is endemic within the professions with consequences that impact the individuals who experience burnout, their families and other relationships, as well as the workplace itself. Honoring what has been written by others, A Christian Approach to Work and Family Burnout examines the challenges of workplace stress and burnout from a decidedly Christian perspective. This is accomplished through the way the authors ground the concepts of calling, connecting, and caring within a Christian perspective of the person in relation to their work and their social network. This book is well-written and worth reading.
— Kelvin Mutter, McMaster Divinity College
Fascinating, insightful, and intelligent! A wealth of information on the nature of burnout. A Christian Approach to Work and Family Burnout: Calling, Caring, and Connecting provides a blueprint on how to manage work demands and where we find rest in the midst of a world that is increasingly complex and demanding.
— Jacob A. Avila, Middle Tennessee State University