TY - BOOK ID - 101345419 TI - Ecclesial leadership as friendship PY - 2019 SN - 9780367786830 9780367028930 036702893X PB - New York: Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Christian leadership KW - Pastoral theology KW - Care of souls KW - Cure of souls KW - Ministry KW - Pastoral office and work KW - Theology, Pastoral KW - Church work KW - Pastoral care KW - Church leadership KW - Lay leadership KW - Leadership KW - 254.32 KW - 248.154 KW - 248.154 Streven naar volmaaktheid via sociaal kontakt: vriendschap; religieuze verenigingen; vrome werken; ijveraars; ziekenbezoek; armenzorg; aalmoezen KW - Streven naar volmaaktheid via sociaal kontakt: vriendschap; religieuze verenigingen; vrome werken; ijveraars; ziekenbezoek; armenzorg; aalmoezen KW - 254.32 Priester als geestelijke leider KW - Priester als geestelijke leider UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101345419 AB - When it comes to talking about the activity of directing the church, the language of leadership and leaders is increasingly popular. Yet what is leadership – and how might theological narratives better resource the discourse and practice of leadership in ecclesial contexts? In identifying and critiquing managerialism as a dominant narrative of leadership in the Western church, this book calls for an alternative approach founded on the concept of friendship.Engaging with the wider field of leadership studies, the book establishes an understanding of leadership activity and brings it into conversation with an incarnational ecclesiology. The result is a prophetic reimagining of ecclesial leadership in terms of a relational, kenotic praxis. This praxis of mutuality and love is framed here in the rich language of Christian friendship. The book also wrestles deeply with the embodiment of such a praxis, making explicit the power behaviours typical of friendship-leadership and offering constructive guidance for practitioners in the task of implementation within a complex and fractured world.This book offers a new vision of the centrality of friendship to leadership of a healthy church community. As such, it will be of great use to scholars of practical theology, ecclesiology and leadership, as well as practitioners in church ministry. ER -