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Emerging Leadership in the Pauline Mission A Social Identity Perspective on Local Leadership Development in Corinth and Ephesus

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ISBN-10: 1610972449

ISBN-13: 9781610972444

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jack Barentsen, Philip Francis Esler

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Where did Paul find leaders for his new churches? How did he instruct and develop them? What processes took place to stabilize the churches and institute their new leadership? This book carves a fresh trail in leadership studies by looking at leadership development from a group-dynamic, social identity perspective. Paul engages the cultural leadership patterns of his key local leaders, publicly affirming, correcting, and improving those patterns to conform to a Christlike pattern of sacrificial service. Paul's own life and ministry offer a motivational and authoritative model for his followers, because he embodies the leadership style he teaches. As a practical theologian avant la lettre,…    
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Book details

List price: $61.60
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date: 8/4/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 396
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

List of Tables and Figures
Foreword
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Developing Patterns of Leadership
Pauline Correspondence to Corinth and Ephesus
The Social Identity Model of Leadership
Definitions
The Plan of the Book
The Ideological Challenge of Church Leadership Studies
Beginnings
Modern Historical Scholarship and Denominational Ideology
The Turn to the Social Sciences
Rethinking Leadership in Terms of the First Century
Authority and Ideology in a Group Context
The Challenge to Integrate Social and Ideological Factors
The Social Identity Model of Leadership
Foundations of the Social Identity Approach
Social Identification Processes
Leaders as (Competing) Managers of Social Identity
Developing Leadership Patterns
Conclusion: The Social Identity Model of Leadership
Realigning Emerging Leadership with Christian Social Identity in 1 Corinthians
Situating the Corinthian Correspondence in Paul's Ministry
Social Identification in the Corinthian Community in 55 C.E.
The Corinthian Leaders as Managers of Christian Social Identity
Paul's Leadership as Identity Management
The Development of Local Leadership Patterns at Corinth in 55 C.E.
Conclusions
Reescablishing Paul's Leadership as Model in 2 Corinthians
Situating 2 Corinthians in Paul's Ministry
Social Identification in the Corinthian Community in 56 C.E.
The Corinthian Leaders as Managers of Christian Social Identity
Paul's Leadership as Identity Management
The Development of Local Leadership Patterns at Corinth in 56 C.E.
Conclusions
Leadership Legitimation and Empowerment in Ephesians
Situating Ephesians in Paul's Ministry
Social Identification in the Ephesian Community in 61 C.E.
The Ephesian Leaders as Managers of Christian Social Identity
Paul's Leadership as Identity Management
The Development of Local Leadership Patterns at Ephesus in 61 C.E.
Conclusions
Structuring Leadership and Group Participation in Timothy
Excursus: The Authorship and Social Context of 1�2 Timothy
Situating 1 Timothy in Paul's Ministry
Social Identification in the Ephesian Community in 63 C.E.
The Ephesian Leaders as Managers of Christian Social Identity
Pauls Leadership as Identity Management
The Development of Local Leadership Patterns at Ephesus in 63 C.E.
Conclusions
Correcting Leadership Misconceptions and Establishing Succession in 2 Timothy
Situating 2 Timothy in Paul's Ministry
Social Identification in the Ephesian Community in 66 C.E.
The Ephesian Leaders as Managers of Christian Social Identity
Paul's Leadership as Identity Management
The Development of Local Leadership Patterns at Ephesus in 66 C.E.
Conclusions
Conclusions and Implications: Emerging Leadership in the Pauline Mission
Developing Leadership Patterns in Corinth and Ephesus
Comparison of Leadership Patterns in Corinth and Ephesus
Paul's Advocacy of Uniform Patterns of Leadership
Implications for Further Research
Paul: Social Strategist, Situational Theologian
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index
Scripture Index