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Leadership Characters in the Book of Ruth: A Narrative Analysis

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Title Leadership Characters in the Book of Ruth: A Narrative Analysis
 
Creator Lu, Yong; Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Christian Philosophy,
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
 
Subject leadership characters; Bible; the Book of Ruth
 
Description This article delineates a ground work for shaping Christian leadership characters by examining the book of Ruth, a narrative of coop­eration. First, we introduce the general Biblical wisdom, guidance, and religious precepts on leadership characters from the Bible per se. Second, we depict a synopsis and connotation of the Ruth Narrative combined with the historical background of the late Judges time when Naomi, Elimelech, Ruth and Boaz lived and the social and religious background of Moab where the family of Elimelech dwelt in for ten years. Third, based on those background analyses, the main figures’ dialogues, and their actions, we illustrate their positive servant and mentor leadership characters that include a combination of their distinguished traits and cognitive attributes, as well as some weaknesses of Naomi and Elimelech. In a nutshell, Nao­mi’s leadership characters contain loyalty to God (2:19 – 20), discovering value within (3:1 – 4), and patience and endurance (3:18). Ruth’s leadership characters incorporate faithfulness and positive self-esteem (1:16 – 17), pioneer and daring (2:2), deference (2:10), obedience (3:5), and lov­ing-kindness (3:10). Boaz’s leadership characters include respect (2:4), care (2:5), compassion (2:8 – 9, 11), empowerment (2:15 – 16), leaning on and trusting God (2:12), care (2:14; 3:15), protecting the weak (3:10 – 15), responsibility (3:12), moral integrity and justness (3:13), carefulness (3:14), formation (4:1), unselfishness and cleverness (4:3 – 5), and part­nering (4:9 – 10). While we criticize Elimelech’s risk seeking strategy to migrate their family to a pagan country (1:1 – 2) as a spiritual adventure.
 
Publisher Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2017-02-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/JCRL/article/view/JCRL.2016.016
10.12775/JCRL.2016.016
 
Source Journal of Corporate Responsibility and Leadership; Vol 3, No 3 (2016): Positive Leadership and Management; 55-71
Journal of Corporate Responsibility and Leadership; Vol 3, No 3 (2016): Positive Leadership and Management; 55-71
2392-2699
2392-2680
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/JCRL/article/view/JCRL.2016.016/11210
 
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