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Leadership Philosophy in the Fiction of C.S. Lewis

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Authors:
  1. Aaron Perry

    1. Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, USA

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  • First book to explore the fictional works of C.S. Lewis for leadership principles
  • Offers a rationale for studying fiction for leadership insights
  • Opens the door to additional integrative reflections on leadership and other works of Lewis

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Leading Between the Lines

    • Aaron Perry
    Pages 1-15

  3. If Jadis Ran the N.I.C.E.: Philosophy of Leadership

    • Aaron Perry
    Pages 17-30

  4. Defeating Dragons by Reading the Right Books: Narrative and Leadership

    • Aaron Perry
    Pages 31-43

  5. Womb of Worlds or Silent Space? Imagination and Leadership

    • Aaron Perry
    Pages 45-67

  6. Let the Prince Win His Spurs: Agency Theory and Agency

    • Aaron Perry
    Pages 69-93

  7. Saving Faces: Authentic Leadership and the Tension of Self-Disclosure

    • Aaron Perry
    Pages 95-118

  8. Upsetting a Basket of Deplorable Words: Overcoming Dark Leadership

    • Aaron Perry
    Pages 119-142

  9. A Lewisian Way of Leading

    • Aaron Perry
    Pages 143-159

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 161-164
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About this book

This book aims to develop a philosophy of leadership from the fiction of C.S. Lewis. Using such works as The Chronicles of Narnia, The Cosmic Trilogy, and Till We Have Faces, the author focuses on the benefits of fiction for leadership philosophy, including the use of models for leadership from narrative worlds. Exploring topics such as agency theory, conflict, authentic leadership, and dark leadership, this book will offer researchers in HRM and leadership studies a fresh perspective of the fictional works of the foremost Christian apologist of the 20th century.

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“An unusually rich resource for understanding the challenges of leadership. … The primary contribution of Perry’s book to leadership studies is founded on his insight that the fiction of C.S. Lewis has a lot to say about leadership. … Perry offers a fresh and illuminating contribution to the study of leadership. … Perry’s book does a great deed in bringing the fiction of C.S. Lewis into leadership studies and provides a promising start towards understanding the importance of Lewis’s contribution.” (Joseph J. McInerney, Journal of Inklings Studies, Vol. 11 (1), April, 2021)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, USA

    Aaron Perry

About the author

Aaron Perry is Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Leadership at Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University, USA. He is the author of Biblical Theology for Ethical Leadership: Leaders from Beginning to End, editor of Developing Ears to Hear: Listening in Pastoral Ministry, the Spiritual Life, and Theology and co-editor of Leadership the Wesleyan Way: An Anthology for Forming Leaders in Wesleyan Thought and Practice. He is also co-author of He Ascended into Heaven: Learn to Live an Ascension-Shaped Life.

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