![]() This book shows how leadership is, at best, a 'contested concept' and at worst a dangerous, violent and totalitarian heresy. Booktopia has Jesus and John Wayne, How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez. We search for the 'great man' who will rescue us from all our problems through redemptive violence - within the Church, we talk about Jesus Christ but we expect John Wayne. We describe our leaders as if they should be collaborative, enabling, saints and/or expect them to show our enemies who is boss. Justin Lewis-Anthony argues that our understanding of both secular ('managerial') and religious ('missional') leadership has been fatally compromised by the unconscious functioning of 'mythic' leadership, presented through the medium of the dominant culture of our own day, popular Hollywood film. Israel Wayne Someone once said, There is more learning in the question than in the answer. ![]() The Church believes itself to have a clear understanding of what constitutes Christian leadership, but advocates of leadership have been unable to give a clear, concise and universally accepted definition of the term. Every human endeavour, from a primary school to the government, needs leadership.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |