Exploring Integrity in the Christian Church
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This book presents a philosophical and theological analysis of the concept of integrity. Using case studies, it offers a view of integrity which is focused in: identity (individual and corporate); responsibility (for critical reflection on identity and related ideas and feelings associated with worth, mutual and plural accountability, and shared responsibility for creating and creation); ongoing learning (individual and corporate). Simon Robinson brings together Aristotelian and existentialist perspectives, agapeic theology, and wider leadership and governance theory, and in doing so connects ecclesiology, Christian Ethics, pastoral theology, church leadership and governance. Robinson focuses on praxis, reflection on how the Christian church engages its members and the world, and how it can learn and develop peacebuilding. Critical to this the development of genuine dialogue, individual and shared narrative building, and the corporate framework of virtues and virtue development, which connects individual and corporate agency.
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"There is much more in this careful and wise book. There are too many lists for my liking . . This is a book written by an expert for Churches to absorb peaceably in a changing and complex world." (Canon Robin Gill, Church Times, September 12, 2025)
"Rich in information and dealing with a topic of actuality, Simon Robinson's book entitled: Exploring Integrity in the Christian Church published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2024 is both an useful tool in the understanding of the role of integrity for the contemporary society, but also an invitation to reflection and discover." (Iuliu-Marius Morariu, Astra Salvensis, Vol. 14 (26), 2025)
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Chapter One: A theology of integrity.- Chapter Two: The Soul of the Church.- Chapter Three: Leadership and the church.- Chapter Four: A spirituality of leadership formation and the virtues.- Chapter five: The integrity of pastoral care.- Chapter six: the integrity of worship.- Chapter seven: the integrity of prophecy.- Chapter eight : Integrity and Mission.- Chapter nine: Integrity, justice and forgiveness in the church.- Chapter Ten: Integrity and theology.
