The Impact of Economic Recession on Faith-Based Organizations

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A Dissertation

Submitted in fulfillment of the requirement of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

Table of Content

CHAPTER 04: RESULTS1

Essence of Faith1

Recession2

The economic recession3

Major recession and its effect on Conventional organizations5

Kinds of anxieties7

Effect of recession on business10

Cut back on technology11

Faith Based Organizations14

Having Faith despite People's Shortcomings18

Forgiveness to Keep Faith20

CHAPTER 05: DISCUSSION22

Basic view of an organization22

Arguments of Faith and Reason23

Conclusion24

Effect of religion on Faith in reference to organizations25

Christianity and Islam26

Similarities in Islam and Christianity27

Consumption, income and investments here the effects of the recession27

Decline of the needs of government28

Origin and effects of the recession30

Complicated31

Some history of recessions32

The California case33

Differences of Islam and Christianity in reference to faith33

Faith-based organizations play a major role even during recession34

Organization of Faith-Based Communities37

Case study of Amazon: Effects of recession39

The success story at Amazon42

Concerns45

Public Relations48

Ideas to Survive Recession49

CHAPTER 06: CONCLUSION53

Managing business in recession54

Not wasting55

Impact of the crisis on firms58

The negative impact of the crisis on conventional companies59

BIBLIOGRAPHY61

CHAPTER 04: RESULTS

Keeping in mind that the information on Faith-Based organization and the effect of recession on them is limited, the study relied more on conventional organizations. Conventional organizations were reviewed (Case study - Amazon) and the effect of recession was studies and later related to the effect recession has on faith based organizations on the basis of principles.

Essence of Faith

In reality, Faith is an ambiguous term. In common parlance, it means a belief in something. It Positions, the view at any given time (the present state of knowledge of science) not unambiguously confirming the reality. Religious studies rely primarily on the adoption of the existence of something without any credible evidence confirming a fact. Conscious decisions to adopt such an act of believe is called faith. The epistemology of faith is "recognized as true unwarranted claims," both justification and its absence do not imply the truth or falsity of the contents of faith. The presence of faith it is considered necessary in the initial phase of development of science (it is assumed that largely owes its existence to believe it when I was the first time in history, people came to the mythical matter rationally, born philosophy and science, which in fact were the one - the Greeks were the pioneers of rationalism. It is also inextricably linked to religion and may be based on acceptance of dogma.

Christian reflections on faith centered around verses 1-2 in the 11th chapter of Hebrews , which is presenting the fruits of faith (pistis) defines it as hupostasis, which can be translated as the basis (in Millennium Bible even guaranty), or as a substance. Following the first understanding of the word St. Thomas presents faith as the natural state of mind, namely to certain truths not because of rational evidence, but by receiving a certificate of authority, resulting from the trust (the Christian faith, or trust in the Church is too much grace and the theological virtues).

The perception that faith is a spiritual substance given to the interior of the human heart, which then causes an in-depth personal ...