Buch, Deutsch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm
Eine ethische und praktisch-theologische Untersuchung
Buch, Deutsch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm
Reihe: Arbeiten zur praktischen Theologie
ISBN: 978-3-374-07065-7
Verlag: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt
[Spheres of Goods of Church Leadership. An Ethical and Practical Theological Investigation]
The study constitutes a fundamental investigation into the object and task of the leadership of Protestant regional churches. The question concerning what church leadership is and what it aims at represents a complex problem: dogmatics, church law, sociology of the church and sociology of religion each claims its own areas of validity. This necessitates a theoretical approach that sets the horizons of questions in relation to one another. In the theoretical tradition of Friedrich Schleiermacher, the study elaborates elements of a coherent understanding of church leadership. It culminates in the suggestion to reflect on leadership practice also from the perspective of an ethics of goods: church leadership accordingly participates in specific "spheres of goods" that provide orientation for leadership practice.