Scarborough, Thomas Oliver <br/><br/>
A Deconstructionist Critique of Christian Transformational Leadership 

 - Johannesburg, South Africa  South African Theological Seminary   2009 
 - 167p  PDF  A4  Abstract. Table of contents. Works cited.  
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<br/><br/> Abstract: Christian Transformational Leadership is a popular leadership model whereby the Christian leader, most simply, seeks to influence (or transform) followers on the basis of his or her character and vision.   This  mini(thesis  uses  the  deconstructionist  method to  critique  this  model.  That is, it seeks to highlight “absence” and “difference” in Christian Transformational Leadership texts, to determine whether the model reveals significant omissions, or is “at variance with itself”.   First the exegesis in the texts is deconstructed, then the concepts which lie at the heart of the model are deconstructed.  This reveals a diminished role for God, and exaggerated human responsibility, which together lead to the experience of extraordinary strain by the Christian transformational leader.   Finally, a synthesis is sought between the deconstructionist critique and the “conscious intentions” of the authors.  This proposes a more rounded under(standing of Christian Transformational Leadership.  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Christian leadership--Transformational Leadership --World Wide