The Rich, The Poor, And The Promise Of An Eschatological Reward In The Gospel Of Luke

“We will not pay you, but God will remunerate”: the paradox of volunteer transcendental rewards in faith-based organizations

“…Our findings indicate various ways in which volunteers perceive the manifestation of transcendental rewards, including God's assistance in the present. While some existing literature argues that God's rewards can be obtained in the afterlife (Lehtipuu, 2010;Schlieter, 2013), our findings imply that transcendental rewards can be perceived in the present and in life after death (see also Atia, 2012). Drawing on this assumption, religious volunteers may expect a better type of reward by privileging transcendental over financial rewards.…”

“…They can be called otherworldly rewards from supernatural sources, which "will be obtained only in a non-empirical (usually posthumous) context" (Stark, 2017, p. 25;Stark & Finke, 2000, p. 88). Others refer to them as present-life and afterlife rewards (Tao & Yeh, 2007), divine rewards (Grewal et al, 2019), heavenly merits (Schlieter, 2013), and eschatological rewards (Lehtipuu, 2010). We use the term transcendental rewards to imply that these rewards are blessed by God, the transcendent, and individuals can receive them in the current life and/or the afterlife.…”