This is so interesting and puzzling. So he's been using the term "religious" not in a God-worshipping sense, but more in the sense of a drive or animating value that pushes us towards building a community?
For some people those two ideas "God-worshipping" and "a drive towards building community" may be the same. But for many of us, like for me, I see it as two different things.
It's odd though that he chose such a phrase as "religious" that has such strong overtones of "God-driven," and not clearly "community-driven."
Thank you for a thought-provoking post. Is anyone else reading it this way? This may make me see servant leadership in a slightly different light.
Chris,
Greenleaf explains it much better then I can, but his focus on religion is based on it's roots "re ligio", which he often writes about as meaning to rebind to the cosmos. I can't think of a better way to worship God than to help each other rebind to the cosmos. The history of religions has been too often getting caught up in the act of worshiping, while forgetting to act. Greenleaf sees a great potential in religions helping to heal society if religions would refocus on helping their members to heal.
And on a side topic, if your interested in getting involved in posting some blogs our site, send me an email at jablonski@usfamily.net. I could send you some more details about what I had in mind.
Thanks for the thoughts.
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