Seeker and Servant Reflections on Religious

This collection of original essays expands on visionary Robert K. Greenleaf's servant-leadership theme. It offers thought-provoking ideas on how religious institutions and individuals can serve in a more caring way by applying the ideas and ideals of Greenleaf's servant-leadership vision.

ANNE T. FRAKER is a project associate with the Robert K. Greenleaf Archives. LARRY C. SPEARS is executive director of the Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership and editor of Reflections on Leadership (1995).

Part One: Nurturing the Sprit: 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

Part Two: 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

Part Three: Seminary, Church, Foundation: Reflections on Religious Institutions

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-City Church as Servant to Its Community

A Servant-Led Society

Part Four: 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 Indian Experience: What It Suggests About Giving

Giving and Receiving Gifts of Money

Is It More Blessed to Give Than to Receive?

Afterword

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Seeker and Servant Reflections on Religious Leadership

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