This study explores the work perspective of two individuals who self-identify as religious and are employed in non-religious work responsibilities. Drawing on the perceptions and experiences of a Muslim and a Christian, this narrative study examines how religion affects intentions, perceptions, and work behavior. The procedure for implementing small-scale personalized narrative research consists of studying individuals through the collection of their lived stories. Using two interviews with a series of open-ended questions, two male participants disclose how their religion intersects with their working lives. With a focus on diversity and inclusion in the workplace, this study distinguishes religion as an important workplace issue. The narratives demonstrate how two people of faith negotiate their beliefs alongside their work life. With an expectation that employers understand and accommodate the religious identities and beliefs of their employees and perhaps even profit from those beliefs, the implications of this study are important for perceiving how religion and work can integrate productively.
The digital culture is a challenge for a sustainable future because it adopts the same values embraced by proponents of the Industrial Period of the 18th century. The digital culture, in the same way as the industrial culture, promote the values of consumerism, progress, change, innovation and individualism, all of which contribute to a decline in the conversations, and collaborative problem solving that comprise the pool of collective ideas and sources of intergenerational knowledge of local self-sustaining communities.. In order for this conversation to begin, educators must first engage themselves in understanding the metaphors that are carried forward by words such as progress, change, innovation and individualism and the advantages of encouraging the revitilaztion of the local cultural commons.
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