The research line on Theology of work is built upon the research project Strategic Line - PIUNA "The meaning of work in recent theology".
The project studies how to contribute from recent Christian theology (Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox) to the understanding of work in the current context. The project, which consists of a first theological phase and a second interdisciplinary phase, seeks new perspectives from which to think about work, so that the future of work is inspired by categories such as creativity, relationality, service, solidarity and virtue.
The workshop "Theology of work: new perspectives" was held in Pamplona on May 30 and 31, 2023. The members of the research project engaged in dialogue with other qualified professors coming from various international universities.
The interdisciplinary study is part of the "work, care and development" line of the Strategy 2025 of the University of Navarra.
Project's goals
The team will study theological works published since the second half of the 20th century, paying particular attention to the fundamental dimensions of the human being.
A multidisciplinary research will propose a revision of the current social and development model playing out principles of action that may influence the socioeconomic system.
The project will explore the contemporary implications of the message of sanctification of work, which is at the foundational core of Opus Dei, whose centenary will be commemorated in 2028.
Scientific publications
Authors: Guitián, G. and González, A. M.
Title: Theology of work: New perspectives
Journal: Scripta Theologica
Vol. 54 - 2022 - pp. 757-787
Authors: González, A. M. and Scalzo, G.
Title: Circular subsidiarity: Humanizing work through relational goods
Journal: Business and Society Review
First published: 23 January 2024
Author: González, A. M.
Title: Trabajo, sentido y desarrollo. Inflexiones de la cultura moderna
Publisher: Dykinson (Madrid, 2023)
ISBN: 9788411703802
Author: Blanco, P.
Title: The Work in Martin Luther and Recent Lutheran Authors
Journal: Scripta Theologica
Vol.55 - 2023 - pp. 271-296
Author: Luciano, H.
Title: The understanding of the notion of work in the Brazilian theology of the 20th century.
Journal: Veritas
Nº54 - 2023 - pp. 147-171
Author: Pérez Gondar, D.
Title: The Anthropology of Work from Biblical Theology. A New Consideration of Gn 2: 4b-25.
Journal: Scripta Theologica
Vol.55 - 2023 - pp. 9-37
Author: Blanco, P.
Title: The idea of work: from Luther to Pentecostals in recent protestant authors.
Review: Teologia i Moralność
Vol.17 - 2022 - nº 2 (32) - pp. 189-203
Author: Caballero, J. L.
Title: Freedom and dependence in the Pauline writings. A theological approach according to Colossians and Ephesians.
Journal: ΘΕΕΟΟΟΓΟΓΙΑ
Vol.93,3 - 2022 - pp. 7-33
Author: Izquierdo, C.
Title: The work in the Philosophy of Maurice Blondel's action.
In: P. Piatti (a cura di), "Libellus quasi speculum", Studi offerti a Bernard Ardura
Cittá del Vaticano - Libreria Editrice Vaticana - 2022 - pp.1003-1015
Author: Caballero, J. L.
Title: Elementos para una teología paulina del trabajo. En torno al documento «¿Qué es el hombre?»
Journal: Scripta Theologica
Vol.53 - 2021 - pp. 169-190.
Author: Guitián, G.
Title: How financial institutions can serve the common good of society. Insights from Catholic Social Teaching
Journal: Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility
2021
Authors: Guitián, G. and Sison, A. J. G.
Title: Offshore outsourcing from a Catholic Social Teaching perspective
Journal: Journal of Business Ethics
2022
Seminars and sessions of the project
César Izquierdo, 'Trabajó con manos de hombre'. El trabajo como acción humana y acción de Cristo, School of Theology, 18th January 2024.
Workshop Theology of work: new perspectives, University of Navarra, 30-31st May 2023.
Antonio Aranda, Trabajar 'in Christo'. Una perspectiva teológica, School of Theology, 27th April 2023
Antonio Schlatter, Espiritualidad y santificación del trabajo en Simone Weil, School of Theology, 9th February 2023.
Sergio Clavero, ¿Cuándo es valioso el trabajo? Esbozo de una tipología, School of Theology, 3rd November 2022.
Hélio Luciano Palhano, La comprensión de la noción de trabajo en la teología brasileña del siglo XX, School of Theology, 20th October 2022.
Pablo Blanco, La teología del trabajo en el luteranismo, School of Theology, 22nd September 2022.
Gregorio Guitián, Estado actual del proyecto de investigación sobre Teología del trabajo, School of Theology, 31st August 2022.
Antonio Aranda, Vida y trabajo cotidianos a la luz del misterio de Cristo, School of Theology, 28th April 2022.
Daniel Granada, Consideración unitaria del trabajo como acción, School of Theology, 31st March 2022.
Manuel Mira, El influjo del cristianismo en el concepto antiguo de trabajo, School of Theology, 17th February 2022.
Diego Pérez Gondar, La antropología del trabajo desde la teología bíblica. Revisitando Gn 2, 4b-25, School of Theology, 27th January 2022.
Alejo José G. Sison, ¿Por qué la inteligencia artificial no puede dar lugar a un agente moral?, School of Theology, 26th November 2021.
Juan Luis Caballero, Elementos para una teología paulina del trabajo, School of Theology, 14th October 2021.
Ana Marta Gonzalez, El trabajo más allá de la producción: redescubrir la humanidad en el trabajo, School of Theology, 9th September 2021.
Gregorio Guitián, La teología del trabajo en la investigación reciente, Faculty Seminar, School of Theology, 10th December 2020.