The Spirituality of Leadership in Scripture

Introduction

 

Because much of the Jewish Bible was written at the upper echelons of government, and because much of the New Testament was written about God become flesh or by apostolic leaders, leadership is a central topic in the Bible.  What characteristics are assigned to God as the good leader?  How do human political institutions at any given time influence that portrait?  How should we coach and develop leaders in our communities?

Notes

 

Reading

• Scripture: 2 Samuel 11:1-12:25; Mark 6:1-9:32
  
  
• Secondary: Bruegemann, The Covenanted Self, 91-8; Brown, Character in Crisis, 120-64

 

Notes

Under construction.

Bibliography

 

Hilkert, Mary Catherine.  Naming Grace: Preaching and the Sacramental Imagination.  New York: Continuum, 1997.

 

Nouwen, Henri.  The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society.  Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1972.

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