Conway, Michael A.
(2014)
Priesthood, Authority, and Leadership.
In:
Performing the word : festschrift for Ronan Drury / edited by Enda McDonagh.
The Columba Press, Dublin, pp. 67-73.
ISBN 9781782181972
Abstract
After a number of decades during which any idea of authority was identified with limitation,
the misappropriation of power, and the suppression of creativity, there is in contemporary
Europe evidence of a new awakening to the essential positive role that authority might play
in family, community, workplace, social, and, indeed, ecclesial life. This transition to a more
positive understanding of authority is indicative of a change in our culture that has important
consequences for an ecclesial ministry that would seek to nurture the Gospel in the European
context, a context that has a specificity that is not evident elsewhere. The change has to do
with authority, with power, with leadership, and with trust. This short essay is an initial
attempt to understand the changing dynamics in our culture, and to suggest how leaders in
ministry, particularly priests, might begin to re-imagine leadership in this emerging context.
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Book Section
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| Keywords: |
Priesthood; Authority; Leadership; Ronan Drury; festschrift; |
| Academic Unit: |
St Patrick's College, Maynooth > Faculty of Theology |
| Item ID: |
7804 |
| Depositing User: |
Michael A. Conway
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| Date Deposited: |
23 Jan 2017 17:23 |
| Publisher: |
The Columba Press |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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