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MidWest Book Review gives Five Stars to The Gods of Business by Todd Albertson, MBA, Ph.D. A 'must-have' primer for anyone unfamiliar with basic tenets of world religions in today's era of globalization.

Written by international business expert Todd Albertson, MBA, Ph.D., The Gods of Business: The Intersection of Faith and the Marketplace is a very straightforward introduction to the basic guiding principles of the world's major religions (Confucianism, Shintoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Secular Postmodernism) and how those principles affect individual adherents, particularly in the realms of commerce and ethics. The Gods of Business spells out the a condensed yet balanced portrayal of each faith in plain terms, immediately accessible to lay readers, and is enthusiastically recommended for anyone preparing to embark upon business ventures among those of different faiths, or simply seeking to quickly grasp a better understanding of how religious diversity shapes different culture's worldviews. "Jewish ethics are summed up in the Ten Commandments and in the philosophy of 'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' The latter sounds harsh today, but it was an enormous advance on the take-no-prisoners ethics of the societies that surrounded the Jewish people in the days of Moses. The non-Jewish principle of the time was a life for an eye, and if I cannot kill you, I will get a member of your family. This was the whole basis of feuding, which was widespread even in the West until recent history." A 'must-have' primer for anyone unfamiliar with basic tenets of world religions in today's era of globalization.

The Gods of Business
Todd Albertson, MBA, Ph.D.
Trinity Alumni Press

The Gods of Business by Dr. Todd Albertson
TRINITY ALUMNI PRESS
TRADE PAPERBACK
200 PAGES
JULY 9, 2007
ISBN: 978-0-6151-3800-8

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Todd Albertson was born on April 10, 1965, in Great Falls, Montana, USA as the only child of a middle class family. He spent his youth in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he attended high school, lettered in wrestling his sophomore year, and was active in student government.

Todd graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle with a degree in International Business in 1988. He earned an M.B.A. from Seattle University in 1995. In 2005, he graduated from Trinity Theological Union Graduate School with a Ph.D. in Theology & Culture.

Out of college, Todd worked for a Swiss venture capital firm and then as an evangelist for Microsoft Corporation. In 1995, he started a transportation and logistics company called Transportics Corporation. Todd received an honorary commission as an Admiral in the Nebraska Navy by then Governor Ben Nelsen for his company’s role in community investment.

After that Todd founded Small Town TV, an entertainment dot com and has been active in the motion picture industry since 1999, earning credits as a director, writer, and producer. Two of his projects, the 2002 documentary SIDEWALK SOLDIERS and independent feature SOLILOQUY received critical acclaim as creative and purposeful entertainment.

More recently, Todd was busy doing relief work in Asia and now makes his living as a writer, speaker, and entrepreneur. His passions are friends, family, cooking, surfing, and making the world a better place.

THE GODS OF BUSINESS is his first book and in it, he maps the intersection of faith and the marketplace. In plain and easy to read language,
Todd analyzes the world's major religions—Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Secular Postmodernism, Shintoism, and Sikhism—and how these religions influence business ethics.

The book’s website is http://www.thegodsofbusiness.com. You can visit the author online at http://www.toddalbertson.com.