Why practical theology must go public

This is the author's post-print pdf version of an article published in Practical Theology. The article can be found at http://essential.metapress.com/content/122841/This journal article makes the case for a strong affinity between pastoral studies and practical theology as conceived in the UK and the emerging field of public theology

Faces of Change: Highlights of U.S. Department of Labor Efforts to Combat International Child Labor

ChildLaborFacesofChange.pdf: 1759 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

Manifestations of the post-secular emerging within discourses of posthumanism

This paper discusses the concepts of posthuman and post-secular in critical theory

Health, wealth or wisdom? Religion and the paradox of prosperity

This is the author's pdf version of an article published in International Journal of Public Theology 2009. The published version of the article is available at https://www.brill.nl/international-journal-public-theologyThis article discusses the role of religious values and participation in the 'happiness hypothesis'

Finding ourselves: Theology, place, and human flourishing

This is the author's PDF version of the book chapter.This book chapter is about being "lost" and "found" and of the significance of space and place for "finding ourselves" as fully human. Tim Gorringe's work on culture and the built environment will inform some of the author's reflection on this

Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao’s remarks before the 90th Session of the International Labor Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. June 11, 2002

Opening remarks by Secretary Elaine L. Chao given before the 90th Session of the International Labor Conference in Geneva, Switzlerland. Includes a discussion of a strategy called “compliance assistance” to make enforcement of labor laws more effective

Faces of Change: Highlights of U.S. Department of Labor Efforts

This booklet presents in human terms the impact of US Department of Labor supported child labor initiatives

Sourcing Policy: Selected Developments and Issues

[Excerpt] Sourcing policy refers, generally, to determining which sector—public (government) or private—will perform an agency’s function(s). Both federal employees and contractor employees have valid roles to play in performing the work of the federal government. This combined workforce is known as a blended workforce. Determining which sector will perform which functions, including determining when federal employee performance is, or should be, required can be challenging, however. Efforts to address this issue, and related questions, have been the subject of the federal government’s sourcing policy since at least the 1950s. This report begins with a history of sourcing policy that focuses on the terms commercial and inherently governmental, and the policy of government reliance on the private sector. The following section examines the two strains of sourcing policy: competitive sourcing and multi-sector workforce management. The juxtaposition of the Bush Administration’s competitive sourcing initiative and the Obama Administration’s multi-sector workforce management effort aids in understanding different, yet potentially complementary, facets of sourcing policy. Policy issues that may be of interest to the 112th Congress are also discussed