TY - BOOK AU - Kessler,Volker AU - Marsch,Angelika AU - Wünch,Hans-Georg TI - Leaders between role model and idol T2 - Interdisziplinäre und theologische Studien SN - 978-3-643-91858-1 PY - 2025/// CY - Wien PB - LIT Verlag KW - Leiterschaft KW - Führung KW - Götzen KW - Vorbild KW - persönliche Berufung KW - Personenkult KW - Fallbeispiel N1 - Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 370-371 N2 - The guiding question for this book is: Should leaders become role models or idols or both or neither? The theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer had a clear opinion on this: “If the leader tries to become the idol the led are looking for - something the led always hope from their leader – then the image of the leader shifts to one of a misleader” (Radio message, 1 Feb. 1933). This book presents interesting case studies from Africa, America, Europe, spanning various disciplines and time periods. It does not provide quick-fix approaches but invites reflective practitioners and scholars alike to dig deeper. It grew out of an inspiring leadership conference held in Budapest, September 2024 ER -