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The Diffusion of Ecclesiastical Authority
Sociological Dimensions of Leadership in the Book of Acts

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Informationen zum Autor Darin H. Land is an adjunct professor at Fuller Theological Seminary. He lives with his wife in Alhambra, California. Klappentext The Diffusion of Ecclesiastical Authority explores the leadership of the church in Acts from a sociological perspective. Two primary models emerge from a sociologically informed investigation of first-century Greco-Roman and Jewish religious leadership: ""manager-leader"" and ""innovator-leader."" An examination of seven passages in Acts reveals that the leaders of the early church, although initially conforming to cultural expectations, are best described as innovator-leaders whose counter-cultural actions resulted in the empowerment of new leaders and the advancement of the gospel. Through the use of fictive kinship language, the voluntary sharing of authority, the fostering of a sense of mutual dependence on God as the common patron, and the redefinition of what is honorable, the leaders in Acts consistently enabled others to share authority in the church.

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Authors Darin H. Land, Darin H Land
Publisher Wipf & stock publishers
 
Content Book
Product form Paperback / Softback
Publication date 17.07.2008
Subject Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity
Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works
 
EAN 9781556355752
ISBN 978-1-55635-575-2
 
Series Princeton Theological Monograph Series > 90
 

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