出版社：Regent University School of Global Leadership & Entrepreneurship
摘要：The purpose of this paper is to explore the aesthetic nature of leadership as exemplified by the life and ministry of Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-1226). I will begin by exploring the conceptual definitions of aesthetics and the development of contemporary thought about aesthetics in the context of leadership praxis. After identifying categories of aesthetics, we will later compare those categories to narrative accounts of St. Francis‘ life and public ministry. I will contend that, based on the somewhat limited records, Saint Francis was an early Christian leader whose life and personal ministry often exemplified an aesthetic approach to leadership. Finally, I will conclude that the aesthetic nature of leadership, as illuminated by the life of St. Francis, might help us grasp a more integrated and holistic understanding of the nature of leadership in the 21st Century.
