Redeeming the Time: A Christian Approach to Work and Leisure

Introduction: Why we need to think about work and leisure --
Part 1: Understanding work and leisure --
"There is no fine thing but needs much laboring": The many faces of work --
It's not as simple as you think: Toward an understanding of leisure --
Part 2: The trouble with work and leisure is ... --
Time's winged chariot: The time famine --
The experiment that failed: Trying to get too much out of work, and getting too little --
The unfulfilled promise: How leisure has failed us --
Part 3: Lessons from history: How we got where we are --
The swinging pendulum: A history of attitudes toward work --
Ill at ease: Leisure through the ages --
"We all know that the Puritans ... ": The original Protestant ethic --
"Honest mirth and delight": Did Puritans ever play? --
Part 4: Inadequate solutions --
Hoping for the best but not achieving it: Contemporary secular thinking about work and leisure --
Missed opportunities and wrong messages: The church's failure --
Part 5: Recovering the lost keys: What the Bible says about work and leisure --
What does God do al day? God at work and play --
"And it was very good": Work and play in the created order --
After the Fall: Work and leisure in a fallen world --
The heart of the matter: Work and play as a Christian calling --
"Whatever you do": All of life is God's --
Why work and play? Motives and goals for work and leisure --
Work in the Spirit: A Christian work ethic --
"Richly all things to enjoy": A Christian play ethic --
Redeeming the time: How the Bible encourages us to view time --
Conclusion: The divine harmony: Work, leisure, and Christian living.