Chen, Carolyn
Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley
- ISBN 13:
- 9780691219080
- author:
- Chen, Carolyn
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Pages:
- 272
- Dimensions:
- 23.9 x 16 x 3.1 centimetres (0.6
- Genre:
- Religion, Spirituality, Health & Wellbeing,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
How tech giants are reshaping spirituality to serve their pursuit of peak productivity in Silicon Valley is a topic that has gained significant attention. Carolyn Chen's Work Pray Code explores this phenomenon, revealing how companies are bringing religion into the workplace and transforming spiritual experience.
The author spent over five years conducting in-depth interviews with highly skilled workers in Silicon Valley, gaining unprecedented access to the tech world. The result is a penetrating account of how work now satisfies workers' needs for belonging, identity, purpose, and transcendence that religion once met.
Chen argues that tech firms are offering spiritual care such as Buddhist-inspired mindfulness practices to make their employees more productive, but at what cost? Our religious traditions, communities, and public sphere are paying the price. Work Pray Code reveals what can happen when work becomes a dominant force in our lives.
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