| As One with Authority: Reflective Leadership in Ministry Contributor(s): Carroll, Jackson W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0664251684 ISBN-13: 9780664251680 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press OUR PRICE: $32.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1993 Annotation: Jackson Carroll focuses on reclaiming a healthy understanding of authority in the church by reviewing the meaning and foundation of clergy authority and examining how his authority has been used and abused. Carroll asks how a sense of clergy authority might be recovered--one that honors shared ministry among clergy and lay leaders while it appreciates the distinctive leadership tasks of each clergyperson. To recover this sense, Carroll proposes a model of reflective leadership and uses practical examples to illustrate this method. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Leadership - Religion | Christian Ministry - Counseling & Recovery - Religion | Christian Church - Administration |
| Dewey: 262.1 |
| LCCN: 91015205 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.68 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Mainline - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This essential work focuses on reclaiming a healthy understanding of authority in the church by reviewing the meaning of clergy authority and examining how this authority has been used and abused. Jackson Carroll asks how a sense of clergy authority might be recovered--one that honors shared ministry among clergy and lay leaders while it appreciates the distinctive tasks of each clergyperson. |
Contributor Bio(s): Carroll, Jackson W.: - Jackson W. Carroll is Williams Professor Emeritus of Religion and Society at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. Carroll is author, coauthor, or editor of fourteen books and numerous articles, and he has lectured widely, both in the United States and abroad. |