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Fullness of Vision, Fullness of Life

The divided brain, improvisation, and leadership in the Church

Fullness of Vision, Fullness of Life

The divided brain, improvisation, and leadership in the Church

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Publisher: SCM Press
ISBN: 9780334059141
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 30/06/2025
Width: 13.5 cm
Height: 21.6 cm

Recent decades have seen a significant shift in emphasis and vocabulary in writing on Church ministry. A rise in the language of leadership and strategy has been accompanied by talk of planning, targets and outcomes, to be addressed in a dynamic, positive and forward-looking manner. Some have enthusiastically welcomed such developments, but others view them with suspicion and concern, not convinced of their appropriateness within the body of Christ. Drawing on the work of renowned psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist, Fullness of Vision, Fullness of Life offers a framework for making sense of these developments, and of the divergent reactions they evoke. The book goes on to offer a vision for a rebalanced mode of ministry, a mode which harnesses the best features of the newer emphases, but sees these as always in the service of God within a broader domain, in which grace, love, joy, wisdom and relationship are prioritised.

Foreword ix Acknowledgements xi 1 Two Ways of Being 1 2 McGilchrist, Attention and Knowledge 13 3 The Clear-cut Left Hemisphere (LH): Simplified Mappings and Positive Purpose 30 4 The Holistic Right Hemisphere (RH) 45 5 Hemisphere Interaction and History 55 6 Further Foundations 81 7 The Bible, Theology and the Hemispheres 95 8 Making Sense of the Strategic Leadership Discourse (Church SLD) 109 9 Improvisation 131 10 Fullness of Vision, Fullness of Life 157 Bibliography and Further Reading 187 Index 191

Jonathan Kimber

Jonathan Kimber is currently the Interim Chaplain at King's College Cambridge. He was previously a parish priest in Northampton, and then Director of Ministry & Discipleship for the Diocese of Worcester. He holds a PhD from King's College London on Leadership in the Church, and is an accredited coach and pastoral supervisor.