Project title:
Gospel teaching and personal finance
“This study aims to shed light on areas of improvement in financial education and inform business lecturers how they could make their content more applicable to students’ lives.”
Researcher:
Dr Rodrigo Silva de Souza
Faculty of Business and Law, Centre for Sustainability and Responsible Management
University of Roehampton
Project proposal:
The relation between humans and money has implications that go far beyond finance, reaching all aspects of family life and social interaction. It is commonly known that the management of personal finance has been an issue for many people who frequently struggle to balance their income and expenses while aiming to attain their present and future desires and goals. Nevertheless, I normally expect that business students will have more knowledge of personal finance and hopefully will apply this understanding better in their personal life. This research thus investigates the validity of this statement by interrogating business and non-business students about their personal financial plans and structure. By reflecting on Bible scriptures, this study is innovative as it incorporates Christian gospel into this topic and uncovers the role that Christianity plays in the balance between personal satisfaction and financial stability.
This study aims to shed light on future areas of improvement in financial education and inform business lecturers about how they could make their content more applicable to students’ lives. Finally, this research has the potential to respond to the personal and professional challenges that students normally face keeping their faith in God.
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Themes:
Enabling transformational change
Encouraging the arts
Seeking justice
Promoting wellbeing
Nurturing rooted communities
Thinking globally
Amplifying voices