How tech giants are reshaping spirituality to serve their religion
of peak productivity Silicon Valley is known for its lavish perks,
intense work culture, and spiritual gurus. Work Pray Code explores
how tech companies are bringing religion into the workplace in ways
that are replacing traditional places of worship, blurring the line
between work and religion and transforming the very nature of
spiritual experience in modern life. Over the past forty years,
highly skilled workers have been devoting more time and energy to
their jobs than ever before. They are also leaving churches,
synagogues, and temples in droves—but they have not abandoned
religion. Carolyn Chen spent more than five years in Silicon
Valley, conducting a wealth of in-depth interviews and gaining
unprecedented access to the best and brightest of the tech world.
The result is a penetrating account of how work now satisfies
workers’ needs for belonging, identity, purpose, and
transcendence that religion once met. Chen argues that tech firms
are offering spiritual care such as Buddhist-inspired mindfulness
practices to make their employees more productive, but that our
religious traditions, communities, and public sphere are paying the
price. We all want our jobs to be meaningful and fulfilling. Work
Pray Code reveals what can happen when work becomes religion, and
when the workplace becomes the institution that shapes our souls.
General
| Imprint: |
Princeton University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
August 2023 |
| First published: |
2022 |
| Authors: |
Carolyn Chen
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| Dimensions: |
203 x 133mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
272 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-691-22088-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-691-22088-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780691220888 |
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