02270    a2200373   450000500170000000800390001702000220005603700360007804000070011404100080012107200160012907200150014507200150016007200160017507200140019107200130020507200140021807200210023207200210025307200210027407200210029507200210031607200210033707200210035807200210037907200210040007200150042110000160043624500390045225000060049126000320049730000100052952013570053920250526161926.0250430042021GB                   eng    a9780367786830qBC  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 42.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aKJMB2thema7 aQRA2thema7 aQRM2thema7 aQRVK2thema7 aKJMB2bic7 aHRA2bic7 aHRCS2bic7 aREL1080302bisac7 aREL0710002bisac7 aREL0670502bisac7 aREL0810002bisac7 aREL1020002bisac7 aREL1080002bisac7 aREL1090002bisac7 aREL0700002bisac7 aREL0000002bisac7 a2532bisac1 aChloe Lynch10aEcclesial Leadership as Friendship  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20210331  a258 p  bWhen it comes to talking about the activity of directing the church, the language of leadership and leaders is increasingly popular. Yet what is leadership – and how might theological narratives better resource the discourse and practice of leadership in ecclesial contexts? In identifying and critiquing managerialism as a dominant narrative of leadership in the Western church, this book calls for an alternative approach founded on the concept of friendship. Engaging with the wider field of leadership studies, the book establishes an understanding of leadership activity and brings it into conversation with an incarnational ecclesiology. The result is a prophetic reimagining of ecclesial leadership in terms of a relational, kenotic praxis. This praxis of mutuality and love is framed here in the rich language of Christian friendship. The book also wrestles deeply with the embodiment of such a praxis, making explicit the power behaviours typical of friendship-leadership and offering constructive guidance for practitioners in the task of implementation within a complex and fractured world. This book offers a new vision of the centrality of friendship to leadership of a healthy church community. As such, it will be of great use to scholars of practical theology, ecclesiology and leadership, as well as practitioners in church ministry.