stw's history + background
There are several articles exploring the history and background of STW’s exploration of the intersection of religious belief, ethics and organizational life. These include a series of early think pieces exploring the ideas and assumptions shaping this work and essays which recount STW’s efforts to explore a theology of institutions.
The Resources
The following are available to be downloaded as pdf documents.
Trustees of the Universe Dick Broholm
This essay reflects on Jitsuo Morikawa’s prophetically inclusive vision of ministry as a window into the development of our theological understanding of institutions during the 1960s, 70s and 80s.
Toward a Theology of Institutions
David Specht with Dick Broholm. This essay, published by the Greenleaf Center as part of its Voices for Servant-Leadership series, explores Robert Greenleaf’s call for a theology of institutions, and his conviction about the important role that religious congregations and seminaries might play in holding organizations and those who lead them in trust around their exercise of power.
Thinkpiece #1
Questions and Issues Surrounding A Theology of Institutions by Dick Broholm.
Thinkpiece #2
Assumptions Underlying the Work on A Theology of Institutions by Dick Broholm and David Specht.
Greenleaf's Call for a Theology of Institutions
Recently discovered footage of an interview with Robert Greenleaf in which he calls for a theology of institutions.