Exegetical Analysis of Matthew 20:1-16 in the Light of Workers’ Welfare and Economic Management in the African Context.
Publication Date: 09/12/2024
Author(s): Bolaji Aquila Adegoke Adesanya, Adebayo Ola Afolaranmi (Ph.D.).
Volume/Issue: Volume 7 , Issue 3 (2024)
Abstract:
This paper is an examination of how understanding and application of the text in Matthew 20:1-16 will facilitate Workers’ Welfare and Economic Management in the African Context. This paper attempts to establish that the welfare of workers’ need to be implemented as a priority for development of Economic Management in the African Context. It could be deduced from the ongoing dialogue about increase in minimum wage, nonpayment of salaries and allowances because some employers periodically struggle and wrestle with the task of paying their workers’ as at when due for every cadre. The paper expounds the purpose of regular enlightenment and education for the growth of Economic Management in the African Context. The paper points out that an interview, agreement and orientation for workers should be conducted and be emphasized before the assumption to an office. The paper establishes further that, money to be paid to every cadre of staff ought to be settled during the interview. The paper presents that, job creation should be priority of any tier of government and private organizations with a policy to guide the economic management. Conversely, the paper elucidates in brief the exegetical work of Matthew 20:1-16 in the light of Workers’ Welfare and Economic Management in the African Context. The paper also presents some procedures and processes of enlisting potential workers, which can help any sector in their recruitment strategies and processes. The work also examines the implications of the exegetical work of Matthew 20:1-16 to workers’ welfare in African Context. Therefore, the rationale of this paper is to examine the text in the light of Workers’ Welfare and Economic Management in the African Context.
Keywords:
Householder, Vineyard, Denarius (Latin) A. Penny, Recruitment, Management in Antiquity and Contemporary Period, Theology of Workers’ Welfare from Biblical Reflections, and Exegesis of Matthew 20:1–1.
