Fury and Honor in the Palace: Faith Integration in Organizational Behavior Using the Book of Esther

Abstract

This paper provides an example of discipline-specific biblical faith integration in an Organizational Behavior course through a series of eight faith-integration exercises and a final integrative assignment based on a single book of the Bible, Esther. This approach encourages students to have meaningful dialogue about important biblical concepts as applied to business and management, thus raising their moral and biblical consciences and contributing to their whole-person development. The benefits of this approach are discussed, and the faith-integration assignments and sample responses are included.