Heavy Yoke

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Charismatic
church
community
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ethics
Evangelical
leadership
Pentecostal
power
servant leadership
spiritual abuse
suffering
theology
trust
vulnerability

Product details

  • ISBN 9780334066699
  • Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 28 Aug 2025
  • Publisher: SCM Press
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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What we believe about God becomes the basis for how we think about ourselves, as leaders and individuals, and how by extension, we think about and treat others. But the relationship between doctrine, practice and power is not always straightforward. The Christian call to humility when applied to people of global majority heritage or those living with disabilities, can simply add to their marginalisation. Servant-leader language has often been tarnished by the many leaders who adopt this as a mantra despite abusing their power in practice.

In A Heavy Yoke, Selina Stone lifts the lid on the ways Christian theology can, often unwittingly, uphold existing power structures to the detriment of the flourishing of the whole church. Engaging and timely, the book calls for a more rigorous and critical understanding of Christian theology and how it is shaping Christian leaders, churches and organisations.

Dr Selina Stone is Lecturer in Theology and Ethics at the University of Edinburgh in the School of Divinity. She is a writer, speaker and host of the Sunday School for Misfits podcast.

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