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This chapter briefly surveys how the theory of spiritual leadership has developed out of previous leadership theories. The author gives a general account of business trends that unite spirituality and management as well as the research on this theme in North America. The author introduces the spiritual leadership theory put forward by Gilbert W. Fairholm and Louis W. Fry and Sadler Nisiewicz. Referring to Mother Teresa’s advice, the author states that we have borrowed things from God and God has lent them to us. This thought is well established in Tenrikyo, one of the powerful new religious movements in Japan. This type of idea that all resources are loaned to us may well become the key concept for a management paradigm shift. He further evaluates several famous Japanese business leaders both past and present from a spiritual perspective. The author hopes that Japanese business leaders may play an important role as spiritual leaders. The Japanese traditional religions of Buddhism and Shintoism as well as Tenrikyo are discussed as the source for spirituality. In conclusion, the author implies that since spirituality is so vague a term for the Japanese, religious reform is needed for seekers of real spirituality. |
