Redeeming the Time : A Christian Approach to Work and Leisure - Ryken, Leland (Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Books, 1995)
Part 1: Understanding work and leisure -- "There is no fine thing but needs much laboring": The many faces of work -- It's not as simple as you think: Toward an understanding of leisure -- Part 2: The trouble with work and leisure is ... -- Time's winged chariot: The time famine -- The experiment that failed: Trying to get too much out of work, and getting too little -- The unfulfilled promise: How leisure has failed us. Part 3: Lessons from history: How we got where we are -- The swinging pendulum: A history of attitudes toward work -- Ill at ease: Leisure through the ages -- "We all know that the Puritans ... ": The original Protestant ethic -- "Honest mirth and delight": Did Puritans ever play? -- Part 4: Inadequate solutions -- Hoping for the best but not achieving it: Contemporary secular thinking about work and leisure -- Missed opportunities and wrong messages: The church's failure. Part 5: Recovering the lost keys: What the Bible says about work and leisure -- What does God do al day? God at work and play -- "And it was very good": Work and play in the created order -- After the Fall: Work and leisure in a fallen world -- The heart of the matter: Work and play as a Christian calling -- "Whatever you do": All of life is God's -- Why work and play? Motives and goals for work and leisure -- Work in the Spirit: A Christian work ethic -- "Richly all things to enjoy": A Christian play ethic -- Redeeming the time: How the Bible encourages us to view time -- Conclusion: The divine harmony: Work, leisure, and Christian living.
Keywords: Work Religious aspects Christianity.Leisure Religious aspects Christianity.Labor Religious aspects Christianity