This article compares and analyzes pertinent epistemologies to guide the theorization on the communion economy project (EoC) practices. It considers academic studies published in Brazil about that Christian-oriented entrepreneurial and economic project. It also takes into account the vocation of those small and medium enterprises for collective learning and examines the underlying assumptions of business administration research paradigms. Its purpose is to contribute for the formulation of an EoC theory.
communion economy (EoC); Focolare movement; learning; transformational change; metaparadigmatic perspective; spirituality of unity; Christian love
