TY  - BOOK
AU  - Greenleaf,Robert K
AU  - Fraker,Anne T.
AU  - Spears,Larry C.
TI  - Seeker and servant: reflections on religious leadership 
SN  - 0787902292 (acidfree paper)
AV  - BV652.1 .G73 1996
U1  - 262/.1 21
PY  - 1996///
CY  - San Francisco
PB  - Jossey-Bass
KW  - Christian leadership
KW  - Leadership
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Religion
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-347) and index; pt. 1. Nurturing the spirit : the challenges of religious leadership. Religious leaders as seekers and servants -- The servant as nurturer of the human spirit -- Spirituality as leadership -- The servant as gradualist -- Types of leaders -- An opportunity for a powerful new religious influence -- pt. 2. Leaders as inspirited persons. The collapse of civilization : a fantasy -- Reflections on spirit -- Seeing things whole -- Images of great spirits -- Pope John XXIII : nurturer of spirits -- Talking and listening -- Being who you are -- pt. 3. Seminaries, churches, and foundations : partners in spirit. Fable -- Religious leadership for these times -- Theology : a concern for the conditions under which the human spirit flowers -- The need for a theology of institutions -- The seminary as institution -- A new role for seminaries -- Critical thought and seminary leadership -- The trustee chairperson : nurturer of the human spirit -- Toward a gentle revolution -- Ministry to the strong -- The inner church as servant to its community -- A servant-led society; pt. 4. Toward the caring community : reflections on seeking, giving, and receiving. The search and the seeker -- On being a seeker in the late twentieth century -- Lost knowledge -- A lifeline of ideas -- Our experience in India : what it suggests about giving -- Giving and receiving gifts of money -- Is it more blessed to give than to receive?
N2  - Visionary Robert K. Greenleaf's remarkable career as a writer, consultant, and lecturer spanned more than fifty years. In addition to his other achievements - including founding the Center for Applied Ethics, now known as the Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership - Greenleaf's servant-leadership model has had a profound influence on contemporary spiritual leaders. Seeker and Servant demonstrates the scope of Greenleaf's influence on contemporary religious; Leadership. These insightful essays examine Greenleaf's core belief that churches should be the most useful change agents in our society, and they explore how seminaries could play a vital role in energizing church leadership. The book details the importance of the development of personal spirituality and how an individual's spirituality is related to becoming a servant-leader within a religious institution. The essays also offer reflections and recommendations on the; Issue of giving and receiving gifts of money and ask that the larger questions of giving - rather than simply to whom and how much to give - should be of paramount consideration. In the afterword, three colleagues who worked closely with Greenleaf share their recollections, which paint a very personal portrait of Greenleaf, the man, and a professional picture of Greenleaf, the institutional watchman
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