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Abraham Lincoln's iconic phrase, 'the better angels of our nature', revealed his belief that the noblest qualities of humanity would heal a divided nation. In Frontiers in Spiritual Leadership, an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars from the University of Richmond explore these noble qualities and how leaders such as Lincoln make that expression possible. They review the landscape of spiritual leadership and the spiritual principles that are fundamental to effective and inspired leadership, emphasizing the values of love, forgiveness, purpose, trust, sacrifice, equality, and liberty, among others.
Through an analysis of historical examples and contemporary issues, this book celebrates the many gifted and enlightened individuals whose leadership embodies the most exquisite qualities of humanity. It outlines the conceptual linkage between leadership and spirituality within groups and organizations and will appeal to students and scholars of leadership, ethics, religion, philosophy, psychology, and human growth potential.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction: Spiritual Leadership: A Fresh Look at an Ancient Human Issue; Scott T. Allison, Craig T. Kocher, and George R. Goethals
I. HISTORICAL EXEMPLARS OF SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP
1. Women's Leadership in the Early Church: Possibilities and Pushbacks; L. Stephanie Cobb
2. Clerical Leadership in Late Antiquity: Augustine on Bishops' Polemical and Pastoral Burdens; Peter Iver Kaufman
3. The Spiritual Leadership of Madame Guyon and Madame de Maintenon Under Louis XIV; Sydney Watts
4. The President as Spiritual Leader: Pardons, Punishment, Forgiveness, Mercy and Justice; Henry L. Chambers, Jr.
5. Reconciliation and its Failures: Reconstruction to Jim Crow; George R. Goethals
6. The Pursuit of Wonder; David D. Burhans
II. CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP
7. Leading Through Reading in Contemporary Young Adult Fantasy by Philip Pullman and Terry Pratchett; Elisabeth Rose Gruner
8. Engaged Spirituality and Egalitarianism in U.S. Social Welfare Policy; Jennifer L. Erkulwater
9. 'A Change is Gonna Come': Spiritual Leadership for Social Change in the United States; Thad Williamson
10. Living a Life of Consequence: How Not to Chase a Fake Rabbit; Craig T. Kocher
11. Suffering and Sacrifice: Individual and Collective Benefits, and Implications for Leadership; Scott T. Allison and Gwendolyn C. Setterberg
12. Leadership, Spirituality and Values in a Secular Age: Insights from Charles Taylor and James MacGregor Burns; Richard L. Morrill
Afterword
Notes on Contributors
Index
