E-Book, Deutsch, Band 86, 312 Seiten
Eine ethische und praktisch-theologische Untersuchung
E-Book, Deutsch, Band 86, 312 Seiten
Reihe: Arbeiten zur Praktischen Theologie (APrTh)
ISBN: 978-3-374-07066-4
Verlag: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt
Format: PDF
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[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.