{"id":35373,"date":"2017-01-11T11:18:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T10:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/155712994816"},"modified":"2017-01-26T13:09:54","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T12:09:54","slug":"management-vs-theology-a-new-challenge-kripamoya-das-any","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=35373","title":{"rendered":"Management vs Theology \u2013 a new challenge.Kripamoya Das: Any&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35894\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads6\/tumblr_ojm1zg06Yc1sbj0vuo1_500.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_ojm1zg06Yc1sbj0vuo1_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_ojm1zg06Yc1sbj0vuo1_500-280x146.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Management vs Theology \u2013 a new challenge.<br \/>\nKripamoya Das: Any human endeavor requires good management. Any organization of a certain size \u2013 and some say over 150 members \u2013 requires a different system of management from that of its beginnings. But when good management dominates theology, and spiritual vitality, and moderates religious practice, and we choose a religious leader on the basis of how good a manager he is, then the very purposes for which the organization was founded are threatened.<\/p>\n<p>This year is the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther\u2019s challenge to the Church of his day. He thought it needed reform and he wrote his suggestions as a list. A contemporary list of suggested reforms for bishops of the Church of England, all 95 of them, has been published and makes interesting reading. It\u2019s a long piece, but it can be \u2018translated\u2019 for the organization or movement of your choice.<br \/>\nTo read the entire article click here: <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/Y4Rx3X\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/Y4Rx3X<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/68.media.tumblr.com\/131a9f4f7e3fee2fe49ea591f5827361\/tumblr_ojm1zg06Yc1sbj0vuo1_500.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Management vs Theology &ndash; a new challenge.<br \/>\nKripamoya Das: Any human endeavor requires good management. Any organization of a certain size &ndash; and some say over 150 members &ndash; requires a different system of management from that of its beginnings. But when good management dominates theology, and spiritual vitality, and moderates religious practice, and we choose a religious leader on the basis of how good a manager he is, then the very purposes for which the organization was founded are threatened.<\/p>\n<p>This year is the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther&rsquo;s challenge to the Church of his day. He thought it needed reform and he wrote his suggestions as a list. A contemporary list of suggested reforms for bishops of the Church of England, all 95 of them, has been published and makes interesting reading. It&rsquo;s a long piece, but it can be &lsquo;translated&rsquo; for the organization or movement of your choice.<br \/>\nTo read the entire article click here: <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/Y4Rx3X\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/Y4Rx3X<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35373"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35895,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35373\/revisions\/35895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}