The Impact of Economic Recession on Faith-Based Organizations
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A Dissertation
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirement of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in
Table of Content
CHAPTER 04: RESULTS1
Essence of Faith1
Recession2
The economic recession3
Major recession and its effect on Conventional organizations5
Kinds of anxieties7
Effect of recession on business10
Cut back on technology11
Faith Based Organizations14
Having Faith despite People's Shortcomings18
Forgiveness to Keep Faith20
CHAPTER 05: DISCUSSION22
Basic view of an organization22
Arguments of Faith and Reason23
Conclusion24
Effect of religion on Faith in reference to organizations25
Christianity and Islam26
Similarities in Islam and Christianity27
Consumption, income and investments here the effects of the recession27
Decline of the needs of government28
Origin and effects of the recession30
Complicated31
Some history of recessions32
The California case33
Differences of Islam and Christianity in reference to faith33
Faith-based organizations play a major role even during recession34
Organization of Faith-Based Communities37
Case study of Amazon: Effects of recession39
The success story at Amazon42
Concerns45
Public Relations48
Ideas to Survive Recession49
CHAPTER 06: CONCLUSION53
Managing business in recession54
Not wasting55
Impact of the crisis on firms58
The negative impact of the crisis on conventional companies59
BIBLIOGRAPHY61
CHAPTER 04: RESULTS
Keeping in mind that the information on Faith-Based organization and the effect of recession on them is limited, the study relied more on conventional organizations. Conventional organizations were reviewed (Case study - Amazon) and the effect of recession was studies and later related to the effect recession has on faith based organizations on the basis of principles.
Essence of Faith
In reality, Faith is an ambiguous term. In common parlance, it means a belief in something. It Positions, the view at any given time (the present state of knowledge of science) not unambiguously confirming the reality. Religious studies rely primarily on the adoption of the existence of something without any credible evidence confirming a fact. Conscious decisions to adopt such an act of believe is called faith. The epistemology of faith is "recognized as true unwarranted claims," both justification and its absence do not imply the truth or falsity of the contents of faith. The presence of faith it is considered necessary in the initial phase of development of science (it is assumed that largely owes its existence to believe it when I was the first time in history, people came to the mythical matter rationally, born philosophy and science, which in fact were the one - the Greeks were the pioneers of rationalism. It is also inextricably linked to religion and may be based on acceptance of dogma.
Christian reflections on faith centered around verses 1-2 in the 11th chapter of Hebrews , which is presenting the fruits of faith (pistis) defines it as hupostasis, which can be translated as the basis (in Millennium Bible even guaranty), or as a substance. Following the first understanding of the word St. Thomas presents faith as the natural state of mind, namely to certain truths not because of rational evidence, but by receiving a certificate of authority, resulting from the trust (the Christian faith, or trust in the Church is too much grace and the theological virtues).
The perception that faith is a spiritual substance given to the interior of the human heart, which then causes an in-depth personal ...