1st Edition

Moral and Spiritual Leadership in an Age of Plural Moralities

Edited By Hans Alma, Ina ter Avest Copyright 2019
316 Pages
by Routledge

316 Pages
by Routledge

316 Pages
by Routledge

In crisis situations, such as terror attacks or societal tensions caused by migration, people tend to look for explicit moral and spiritual leadership and are often inclined to vote for so-called 'strong leaders'. Is there a way to resist the temptation of the simplistic solutions that these ‘strong leader’ offer, and instead encourage constructive engagement with the complex demands of our... Read more

Introduction  Part I: Theoretical Perspectives  1 Toward a Relational Ethic  2 Dialogical Self Theory in a Boundary-Crossing Society  3 Religion, Radicalism, Relativism. Between Social Identity and Dialogical Self Theory  4 Plural Moralities and the Search for Meaning  Part II: Developing Theory and Practice in Dialogue;  Leadership in an Age of Plural Moralities  5 Provocative Guidance. A Practice of Narrative Leadership  6 Dialogical Leadership. Leading Yourself across Boundaries of Self and Culture  7 Developing Intercultural Sensitivity in a World of Multicultural Identities  Education in an Age of Plural Moralities  8 Plural British Values: Between Generosity and Fear  9 Life Orientation as Part of Professional Development: Moral Leadership of Professionals from a DST-Perspective  10 Moral Commitment and Existential Issues in Religious and Worldview Education  Citizenship in an Age of Plural Moralities  11 The Culturalization of Citizenship in the Netherlands. Towards Cosmopolitan Sociabilities in a Neoliberal Epoch  12 Beyond the Boundaries: Overcoming Resentments, Resistance and Revulsion  13 Orientation, Disorientation, and Reorientation in the Context of Plural Moralities. Experiences of an LGBT Refugee Arriving in the Netherlands;  Epilogue

Biography

Hans Alma holds an endowed chair in Contemporary Humanism at the VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Belgium, department of Philosophy and Ethics.





Ina ter Avest is professor emerita of the Inholland University of Applied Sciences and was senior lecturer in Religious Education at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.