{"product_id":"seeker-and-servant-isbn-9780787902292","title":"Seeker and Servant","description":"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. Part One: Nurturing the Sprit: the Challenges of ReligiousLeadership\u003cbr\u003e Religious Leaders as Seekers and Servants\u003cbr\u003e The Servant as Nurturer of the Human Spirit\u003cbr\u003e Spirituality as Leadership\u003cbr\u003e The Servant as Gradualist\u003cbr\u003e Types of Leaders\u003cbr\u003e An Opportunity for a Powerful New Religious Influence\u003cbr\u003e Part Two: Leaders as Inspirited Persons\u003cbr\u003e The Collapse of Civilization: A Fantasy\u003cbr\u003e Reflections on Spirit\u003cbr\u003e Seeing Things Whole\u003cbr\u003e Images of Great Spirits\u003cbr\u003e Pope John XXIII: Nurturer of Spirits\u003cbr\u003e Talking and Listening\u003cbr\u003e Being Who You Are\u003cbr\u003e Part Three: Seminary, Church, Foundation: Reflections on ReligiousInstitutions\u003cbr\u003e Fable\u003cbr\u003e Religious Leadership for These Times\u003cbr\u003e Theology: A Concern for the Conditions Under Which the Human SpiritFlowers\u003cbr\u003e The Need for a Theology of Institutions\u003cbr\u003e The Seminary as Institution\u003cbr\u003e A New Role for Seminaries\u003cbr\u003e Critical Thought and Seminary Leadership\u003cbr\u003e The Trustee Chairperson: Nurturer of the Human Spirit\u003cbr\u003e Toward a Gentle Revolution Ministry to the Strong\u003cbr\u003e The Inner-City Church as Servant to Its Community\u003cbr\u003e A Servant-Led Society\u003cbr\u003e Part Four: Toward the Caring Community: Reflections on Seeking,Giving, and Receiving\u003cbr\u003e The Search and the Seeker\u003cbr\u003e On Being a Seeker in the Late Twentieth Century\u003cbr\u003e Lost Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e A Lifeline of Ideas\u003cbr\u003e Our Indian Experience: What It Suggests About Giving\u003cbr\u003e Giving and Receiving Gifts of Money\u003cbr\u003e Is It More Blessed to Give Than to Receive?\u003cbr\u003e Afterword \"Those of us lucky to have known Greenleaf knew him to be agraceful man and experienced his ideas as a call to leadershipthrough serving. Seeker and Servant continues his creative mystery:it speaks not only about leadership but calls you to be a healing,leading influence in your society. This book is an invitation tobecome colleague in the liberation of the human spirit.\" --Loren B.Mead, former director, Alban Institute, and author of TransformingCongregations for the Future\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Here is the complete Greenleaf. Even after decades of workingclosely with him, I discovered a richness of spirit and thoughtthat I had not seen before.\" --Robert Wood Lynn, instructor, BangorTheological Seminary 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). Visionary Robert K. Greenleaf's remarkable career as a writer, consultant, and lecturer spanned more than fifty years.  In addition to his other achievements -- including founding the Center for Applied Ethics, now known as the Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership -- Greenleaf's servant-leadership model has had a profound influence on contemporary spiritual leaders.Jossey-Bass Publishers presents Seeker and Servant, a collection of original essays that expand on Greenleaf's servant-leadership theme.  This collection 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 -- a model in which Greenleaf describes true leaders as those who lead by serving others, empowering them to reach their full potential.Seeker and Servant demonstrates the scope of Greenleaf's influence on contemporary religious leadership. These insightful essays examine Greenleaf's core belief that churches should be the most useful change agents in our society, and they explore how seminaries could play a vital role in energizing church leadership.  The book details the importance of the development of personal spirituality and how an individual's spirituality is related to becoming a servant-leader within a religious institution.  The essays also offer reflections and recommAndations on the issue of giving and receiving gifts of money and ask that the larger questions of giving -- rather than simply to whom and how much to give -- should be of paramount consideration.  In the afterword, three colleagues who worked closely with Greenleaf share their recollections, which paint a very personal portrait of Greenleaf, the man, and a professional picture of Greenleaf, the institution watchman.  Visionary Robert K. Greenleaf's remarkable career as a writer, consultant, and lecturer spanned more than fifty years. In addition to his other achievements -- including founding the Center for Applied Ethics, now known as the Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership -- Greenleaf's servant-leadership model has had a profound influence on contemporary spiritual leaders. \u003cp\u003eJossey-Bass Publishers presents Seeker and Servant, a collection of original essays that expand on Greenleaf's servant-leadership theme. This collection 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 -- a model in which Greenleaf describes true leaders as those who lead by serving others, empowering them to reach their full potential.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeker and Servant demonstrates the scope of Greenleaf's influence on contemporary religious leadership. These insightful essays examine Greenleaf's core belief that churches should be the most useful change agents in our society, and they explore how seminaries could play a vital role in energizing church leadership. The book details the importance of the development of personal spirituality and how an individual's spirituality is related to becoming a servant-leader within a religious institution. The essays also offer reflections and recommendations on the issue of giving and receiving gifts of money and ask that the larger questions of giving -- rather than simply to whom and how much to give -- should be of paramount consideration. In the afterword, three colleagues who worked closely with Greenleaf share their recollections, which paint a very personal portrait of Greenleaf, the man, and a professional picture of Greenleaf, the institution watchman.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990000779493,"sku":"NP9780787902292","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780787902292.jpg?v=1761786169","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/seeker-and-servant-isbn-9780787902292","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}