An in-depth historical, philosophical, theological--and practical--exploration of work from an evangelical perspective. Hardy discusses several historical views of work from the ancient Greeks onward, highlighting the Christian concept of vocation as articulated by Luther and Calvin; these expositions lead to practical applications regarding the personal issue of career choice and the important (but often neglected) social issue of job design.

Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Lee Hardy received his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy at Trinity Christian College in Chicago and his graduate degrees in Philosophy at Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh. Specializing in modern philosophy and phenomenology, Prof. Hardy has published works on David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Edmund Husserl. Since the late 1990s, he has turned attention to issues in urbanism and urban design, publishing in the cultural history of urbanism in the Anglo-American tradition, and teaching a course on urban design during the January Interim at Calvin College. He makes his home in the Eastown neighborhood of Grand Rapids.