Forgiveness and power in the age of atrocity : servant leadership as a way of life / Shann Ray Ferch ; foreword by Larry C. Spears ; afterword by Margaret J. Wheatley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferch, Shann R. (Shann Ray), 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forgiveness.

Power (Social sciences).

Servant leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Forgiveness and Power in the Age of Atrocity: Servant Leadership as a Way of Life speaks to categorical human transgressions in the hope that readers will be compelled to examine their own prejudices and engage the moral responsibility to evoke in their own personal life, work life, and larger national communities a more humane and life-giving coexistence. In Forgiveness and Power, leaders are not coercive but persuasive, and recognized as those who love, serve, and heal others.

Contents:

FORGIVENESS AND POWER IN THE AGE OF ATROCITY; Contents; Publications Acknowledgments; What Is Servant Leadership?; Servant Leadership in the Present Day; The Power of Servant Leadership: Foreword; Balefire: The World of Violence and Forgiveness: Preface; PART I. SERVANT LEADERSHIP, FORGIVENESS, AND POWER; Chapter 1. A Fine Grace; Chapter 2. When We Rise; Chapter 3. The Dignity of Life; Chapter 4. The Eloquent Question; Chapter 5. Of Love and Human Violence; Chapter 6. Emerson on Love; Chapter 7. Sand Creek; Chapter 8. The House of Light; PART II. PERSONAL CONSCIOUSNESS, INTERIOR FORTITUDE

Chapter 9. Shame and ForgivenessChapter 10. The Family, the World; Chapter 11. The Way of the Child; Chapter 12. Martin Luther King Jr. and Desmond Tutu: Voices of Light in the Dark; Chapter 13. The Question of Love and Power: Gratitude, Forgiveness, and the Conscious Cultivation of Servant Leadership; Chapter 14. Before the Velvet Revolution: How We Begin to Deepen Our Consciousness; Chapter 15. The Practice of Consciousness; Chapter 16. Servant Leadership Consciousness and Listening; PART III. A NARRATIVE OF HOPE AND RESPONSIBLE ACTION; Chapter 17. The Inward Road

Chapter 18. The Illumined Nature of PersuasionChapter 19. People of Self-Transcendence; Chapter 20. Shadow and Light: Forgiveness, Power, and Love in Practice; Chapter 21. A Cree Man's Journey: On Mother Loss and Mother Love; Chapter 22. The Nature of the Forgiving Touch: On Father Loss and Father Love; Chapter 23. Healing the Heart of the World; Acts of Courage and Clarity: Afterword; Endnotes; References; Recommended Readings in Servant Leadership; Index; About the Author; Other Publications

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-299-31620-4

0-7391-6950-5

OCLC:

855502834