Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-347) and index.

pt. 1. Nurturing the spirit : the challenges of religious leadership. Religious leaders as seekers and servants -- The servant as nurturer of the human spirit -- Spirituality as leadership -- The servant as gradualist -- Types of leaders -- An opportunity for a powerful new religious influence -- pt. 2. Leaders as inspirited persons. The collapse of civilization : a fantasy -- Reflections on spirit -- Seeing things whole -- Images of great spirits -- Pope John XXIII : nurturer of spirits -- Talking and listening -- Being who you are -- pt. 3. Seminaries, churches, and foundations : partners in spirit. Fable -- Religious leadership for these times -- Theology : a concern for the conditions under which the human spirit flowers -- The need for a theology of institutions -- The seminary as institution -- A new role for seminaries -- Critical thought and seminary leadership -- The trustee chairperson : nurturer of the human spirit -- Toward a gentle revolution -- Ministry to the strong -- The inner church as servant to its community -- A servant-led society.

pt. 4. Toward the caring community : reflections on seeking, giving, and receiving. The search and the seeker -- On being a seeker in the late twentieth century -- Lost knowledge -- A lifeline of ideas -- Our experience in India : what it suggests about giving -- Giving and receiving gifts of money -- Is it more blessed to give than to receive?

Visionary Robert K. Greenleaf's remarkable career as a writer, consultant, and lecturer spanned more than fifty years. In addition to his other achievements - including founding the Center for Applied Ethics, now known as the Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership - Greenleaf's servant-leadership model has had a profound influence on contemporary spiritual leaders. Seeker and Servant demonstrates the scope of Greenleaf's influence on contemporary religious.

Leadership. These insightful essays examine Greenleaf's core belief that churches should be the most useful change agents in our society, and they explore how seminaries could play a vital role in energizing church leadership. The book details the importance of the development of personal spirituality and how an individual's spirituality is related to becoming a servant-leader within a religious institution. The essays also offer reflections and recommendations on the.

Issue of giving and receiving gifts of money and ask that the larger questions of giving - rather than simply to whom and how much to give - should be of paramount consideration. In the afterword, three colleagues who worked closely with Greenleaf share their recollections, which paint a very personal portrait of Greenleaf, the man, and a professional picture of Greenleaf, the institutional watchman.