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Servant Leadership: Jesus & Paul
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"Efrain Agosto provides a rich and textured study of religious leadership as exercised by Jesus and the apostle Paul. The study is not only exegetically thorough, it provides an implicit challenge to contemporary religious leaders to rethink and reform our own roles. In the last chapter, Agosto makes that challenge explicit in ways that are clear, helpful, and appropriately demanding. A fine book for those who provide leadership to religious communities and to those who teach those leaders." |
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Pages 248
Dimensions: Length: 0.5" Width: 5.75" Height: 8.75"
Weight: 0.95 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Aug 1, 2005
Publisher Chalice Press
ISBN 0827234635
EAN 9780827234635
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 | Thorough Work on Biblical Servant-Leadership Aug 21, 2009 |
Agosto states "The key to the leadership of Jesus was that he carried out his mission in direct contrast to the established leaders of his day" and that he commissioned his followers with the purpose of "providing relief to those who were suffering the burdens of a failed religious and political leadership" (Agosoto, 200). Agosto appears to approach the subject from a background of liberation theology, emphasizing strong action and political/social justice. While social ministry and justice may be an important part of how Jesus led, this cannot be the key to his leadership because it does not capture the richness of the servant-leadership example Jesus left for his followers. C. Gene Wilkes gives a clearer picture of the servant-leadership of Jesus, illustrating seven timeless principles of how Jesus led (Jesus on Leadership: Timeless Wisdom on Servant Leadership, Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House, 1998, 11-12). Christological servant-leadership encompasses more than the obligation to the poor and the oppressed. Wilkes writes, "A servant leader serves the mission and leads by serving those on mission with him" (Wilkes, 18). Don N. Howell, Jr. writes of three elements found in the life of all servant-leaders: character, motive, and agenda (Don N. Howell, Jr., Servants of the Servant: A Biblical Theology of Leadership. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2003, 296). According Howell, the biblical record emphasizes who a leader is over what a leaders does, believing that Christ-like character, motives, and agenda will produce Christ-like action.
Servant Leadership: Jesus and Paul is well-researched with in-depth exegesis and historical studies. For this reason, the book may not appeal to casual readers and may best be suited for those pursuing ministerial leadership or New Testament studies, due to the highly technical language and discussion of textual criticism issues. There are times when Agosto's reference to the issues of textual criticism distracted from the thread of his study of leadership. However, Agosto succeeds in painting a picture of the impact of Jesus' servant example on the people living in first century Palestine. Servant Leadership: Jesus and Paul adds the social justice emphasis to the conceptual mosaic of biblical servant-leadership, which has common themes of submission to God, the proper use of authority, and empowering other leaders.
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