This book presents a philosophical and theological analysis of the concept of integrity. Using case studies, it offers a view of integrity which is focused in: identity (individual and corporate); responsibility (for critical reflection on identity and related ideas and feelings associated with worth, mutual and plural accountability, and shared responsibility for creating and creation); ongoing learning (individual and corporate). Simon Robinson brings together Aristotelian and existentialist perspectives, agapeic theology, and wider leadership and governance theory, and in doing so connects ecclesiology, Christian Ethics, pastoral theology, church leadership and governance. Robinson focuses on praxis, reflection on how the Christian church engages its members and the world, and how it can learn and develop peacebuilding. Critical to this the development of genuine dialogue, individual and shared narrative building, and the corporate framework of virtues and virtue development, which connects individual and corporate agency.
Table of Content
Chapter One: A theology of integrity.- Chapter Two: The Soul of the Church.- Chapter Three: Leadership and the church.- Chapter Four: A spirituality of leadership formation and the virtues.- Chapter five: The integrity of pastoral care.- Chapter six: the integrity of worship.- Chapter seven: the integrity of prophecy.- Chapter eight : Integrity and Mission.- Chapter nine: Integrity, justice and forgiveness in the church.- Chapter Ten: Integrity and theology.
About the author
Simon Robinson is Professor Emeritus of Applied and Professional Ethics at Leeds Beckett University, and Honorary Research Fellow of Theology at the University of Leeds, UK.
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