Forgiveness and Power in the Age of Atrocity

Forgiveness and Power in the Age of Atrocity: Servant Leadership as a Way of Life speaks to categorical human transgressions in the hope that readers will be compelled to examine their own prejudices and engage the moral responsibility to evoke in their own personal life, work life, and larger national communities a more humane and life-giving coexistence. In Forgiveness and Power, leaders are not coercive but persuasive, and recognized as those who love, serve, and heal others.

Forgiveness and Power in the Age of Atrocity: Servant Leadership as a Way of Life speaks to categorical human transgressions in the hope that readers will be compelled to examine their own prejudices and engage the moral responsibility to evoke in their own personal life, work life, and larger national communities a more humane and life-giving coex

1 Publications Acknowledgments 2 What is Servant Leadership? 3 Servant Leadership in the Present Day 4 Foreword: The Power of Servant Leadership 5 Preface: Balefire: The World of Violence and Forgiveness Chapter 6 Servant Leadership, Forgiveness, and Power Part 7 A Fine Grace Part 8 When We Rise Part 9 The Dignity of Life Part 10 The Eloquent Question Part 11 Of Love and Human Violence Part 12 Emerson on Love Part 13 Sand Creek Part 14 The House of Light Chapter 15 Personal Consciousness, Interior Fortitude Part 16 Shame and Forgiveness Part 17 The Family, The World Part 18 The Way of the Child Part 19 Martin Luther King Jr. and Desmond Tutu Part 20 The Question of Love and Power Part 21 Before the Velvet Revolution Part 22 The Practice of Consciousness Part 23 Servant Leadership Consciousness and Listening Chapter 24 A Narrative of Hope and Responsible Action Part 25 The Inward Road Part 26 The Illumined Nature of Persuasion Part 27 People of Self-Transcendence Part 28 Shadow and Light Part 29 A Cree Man's Journey Part 30 The Nature of the Forgiving Touch Part 31 Healing the Heart of the World 32 Afterword: Acts of Courage and Clarity 33 Endnotes 34 References 35 Recommended Readings in Servant Leadership 36 About the Author 37 Other Publications by Shann Ray Ferch