Neil Johnson 
Public Christians in A Secular Age [EPUB ebook] 
Leadership for Season Change

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Loss of Transcendence 27

Chapter 2: The New Secularism 41

Chapter 3: The Value of Transcendence 51

Chapter 4: Secular Transcendence – ‘Fools Gold’ 69

Chapter 5: Transcendence in Australia 87

Chapter 6: A Transition of Authority – Print to Electronic Media 95

Chapter 7: Christian Music and Arts – Reflecting Transcendence 109

Chapter 8: An ‘Eclipse’ of Culture 121

Chapter 9: 21st Century Australian Christian Radio – Vision and Values 131

Chapter 10: The ‘Gate-Keeper’ of Radio Content 143

Chapter 11: The Return of Transcendence 159

Chapter 12: The Dynamics of Media Content 175

Chapter 13: Towards a ‘Transcendence’ Kingdom Culture 191

Chapter 14: Transcendence in Your Organisation’s Culture 205

Chapter 15: Transcendence Culture – in Practice 223

Chapter 16: A Transcendence ‘Management Framework’ 235

Chapter 17: Applying A Transcendence Strategy 245

Chapter 18: Summary and Conclusion 259

Bibliography 265

Index 276

Neil Johnson’s media career spans four decades in broadcast/journalism running parallel to his vocation as a Christian minister of the Gospel. He’s been the host of the long running morning talk-radio program 20Twenty on Vision Christian Radio since 2010. Vision is heard in more than 770 cities and towns around Australia. Listeners are introduced to deeper Christian discussion about life, culture, science, ethics and politics in an interview format rarely heard on Australian radio. His earlier media career spanning four decades began in commercial radio, but as Christian ministry aspirations deepened, he began exploring ministry and media leadership roles in Christian Radio, serving as Program Director (96.5 Family), and later General Manager (Rhema/Life FM/Juice 107.3 FM Gold Coast). These operations became the seedbed for deeper thinking about leadership dimensions for 21st century Christians. He is passionate about Christian media, Christian education, and the importance in both city and country expressions of the ‘local church’. He’s travelled internationally to report on the deep issues facing the ‘persecuted church’ in the Middle East (2014) at the height of the Syrian Isis/civil war refugee crisis, and the aftermath of revolutions in Egypt. Neil also conducted intensive broadcast training for Christian and mainstream broadcasters in Papua New Guinea (2015). He holds a M.Min (Leadership) degree from Christian Heritage College (Australia) and has an affinity for exploring deeper Christian realities in contrast to those that are rampant in our ‘Secular Age’.