10/07/2025 11:00
- 17:30
HALL: Lecture Hall 41
Proponent:
Cooreman-Guittin T.,
Roggenkamp A.
Chair:
Cooreman-Guittin T.
Speaker:
Gabriel I.,
Hernandez-Serret J.,
Kruja G.,
Muresan R.P.
Religion in the workplace has become a recurring theme in European research. However, in recent debates it is mainly the beliefs of employees that have come to the fore. They are often seen in a negative light, as a hindrance to productivity, a source of internal or external conflict, or even more recently as a sign of radicalism. In the meantime, references to traditional religions are increasingly being replaced by a spiritual discourse, highlighting how work-experiences contribute to the construction of the meaning of life. This development is indicative of important choices in Western societies - both in the lives of individuals and in the structural transformation of organisations, in a context of secularisation. This panel will look at the potential for humanisation - hitherto untapped - offered by this trend, which posits service to human dignity, vulnerability, justice and the common good as the axiological horizon of the good life within a community at work.