Originally, I discussed this topic in nine separate articles. What I intend to do this time is to minimize the number of pages by just giving the salient points provided in my previous summaries, and add a theological reflection at the end of this post. The titles of all the articles are as follows: The Ugliness and Indictment of the Bureaucratic System Profit Management Bureaucratic Management Bureaucratic Management of Publicly Owned Enterprises Bureaucratic Management of Private Enterprises The Social and Political Implications of Bureaucratization The Psychological Consequences of Bureaucratization Economically Informed Citizenry Sacrificing Liberty Via Bureaucracy, and Theological Response The Ugliness and Indictment of the Bureaucratic System There is a general consensus "that the terms bureaucrat, bureaucratic, and bureaucracy" are usually perceived as ugly and bad. Nobody want to be called a "bureaucrat." People in government prefer to be called "c...
This course covers three areas considered important in Christian social thought: cultural, political, and with particular emphasis on economics. Studying the current issues under the identified three dimensions in relation to revelation, our goal is to appreciate, to critique, and to come up with a way of thinking and with a kind of activism based on Christian worldview.