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The William Carey Library has added THE GODS OF BUSINESS to their distribution channel and are including it in their upcoming 2008 catalog. WCL was founded in 1969 to publish the best in current thought on world missions and publishes not only their own books but also distributes selected mission resources from other publishers. I am honored for them to include my book in their collection. Check out the WCL website for more info!
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The Midwest Book Review gave THE GODS OF BUSINESS a great review today. They wrote that:
Written by international business expert Todd Albertson, MBA, Ph.D., The Gods of Business: The Intersection of Faith and the Marketplace is a very straightforward introduction to the basic guiding principles of the world’s major religions (Confucianism, Shintoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Secular Postmodernism) and how those principles affect individual adherents, particularly in the realms of commerce and ethics. The Gods of Business spells out the a condensed yet balanced portrayal of each faith in plain terms, immediately accessible to lay readers, and is enthusiastically recommended for anyone preparing to embark upon business ventures among those of different faiths, or simply seeking to quickly grasp a better understanding of how religious diversity shapes different culture’s worldviews. “Jewish ethics are summed up in the Ten Commandments and in the philosophy of ‘an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ The latter sounds harsh today, but it was an enormous advance on the take-no-prisoners ethics of the societies that surrounded the Jewish people in the days of Moses. The non-Jewish principle of the time was a life for an eye, and if I cannot kill you, I will get a member of your family. This was the whole basis of feuding, which was widespread even in the West until recent history.” A ‘must-have’ primer for anyone unfamiliar with basic tenets of world religions in today’s era of globalization.
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The Business As A Mission Network named THE GODS OF BUSINESS as one of the top 25 books addressing the issue of faith and business.
It was a nice plug and my name was listed among some authors who I admire and respect. You can check out the full article here.
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THE GODS OF BUSINESS will be officially released on July 9th. It can be purchased from Amazon.com or “everywhere good books are sold.” The ISBN-10 is 0-615-13800-4 and the ISBN-13 is 978-0-6151-3800-8.
The book has gotten a couple of great reviews already on Amazon.com. One Amazon Top 10 reviewer writes that:
Todd Albertson has not written a book that preaches ‘his brand’ of ethics. Instead he has presented us with a superb synopsis of the fundamentals of many religions, many being ones about which we understand little. And a little knowledge goes a great way in understanding the cores of mindsets of ‘religions’ as we know them.
And another Top 50 reviewer says that it is: ”Quite interesting and helpful…”
On a related note, I’ve received a number of inquires from librarians over this last week as to what the “Call Number” is for this book. The Library of Congress has cataloged it as HF5387 .A577 2007.
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