A peer-reviewed journal integrating biblical truth with business theory and practice for redemptive enterprise and faithful leadership.

Journal Description

The Open Journal of Business Theology (OJ-BT) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal committed to restoring the sacred calling of business through theological reflection, moral clarity, and redemptive praxis. It offers a scholarly space where business education, marketplace leadership, and economic activity are evaluated not solely by profit, productivity, or prestige, but by alignment with eternal truth and faithful stewardship under God.

This journal affirms that business is not morally neutral. It can either serve God’s purposes—fostering justice, dignity, and provision—or subtly reinforce systems of exploitation, pride, and idolatry. OJ-BT calls for a reformation of how we teach, lead, innovate, and invest—moving beyond secular models to recover the spiritual significance of vocation, enterprise, and economics as spheres of worship and witness.

Submissions are welcome from Christian scholars, business leaders, theologians, educators, and practitioners who seek to honor Scripture while engaging the realities of the modern marketplace. We also welcome respectful contributions from secular authors who recognize the moral and philosophical dimensions of business and leadership.

Scope and Areas of Interest

OJ-BT invites original research articles, theological essays, reflective case studies, and doctrinally sound models of practice. Areas of interest include:

• Biblical Economics: Scriptural principles for stewardship, labor, trade, investment, and justice in economic systems

• Theology of Work and Vocation: God’s design for human labor, calling, and purpose within economic life

• Marketplace Witness and Discipleship: Models for Christian engagement, evangelism, and ethical conduct in business environments

• Faith-Based Business Models: Business as mission (BAM), social enterprises rooted in the Gospel, and biblical governance structures

• Leadership and Integrity: Theological evaluation of leadership theories, servant leadership, humility, and decision-making under God’s authority

• Wealth and Giving: Biblical teachings on money, contentment, generosity, and the dangers of mammon

• Critique of Prosperity Theology and Corporate Idolatry: Exposing distorted teachings and calling business back to Christ-centered priorities

• Historical and Systematic Theology of Commerce: Tracing Christian thought on economics from early church writings to the Reformation and beyond

All submissions are reviewed under a single-blind peer review process and are evaluated for theological soundness, intellectual clarity, and practical relevance to the Church and society.