Volume 25, Number 2 | Autumn 2026
Journal of Religious Leadership
Here’s what you’ll find in the latest issue of the JRL.
Articles
Public Religious Leadership for a Nihilistic Age
Scott Hagley
Durable Communion: Worship and the Formation of Truth-Bearing Public Life
David Forney
Cultivating Fresh Expressions of Church: A Case Study in Developing Leaders for New Contextual Christian Communities
Dwight Zscheile and Sean Steele
The Fox and the False Self: Machiavelli, Merton, and Prophetic Public Leadership
Seth David Clark
A Case Study of the Cross-Cultural Church
Aaron Teter
Book Reviews
The Theology of Leadership: Servant, Sacrifice, Shepherd, Leader
By: Peter M. Danilchick
Reviewed by Jack Barentsen
The Vineyard Leader: A Journey to Cultivating a Thriving Team
By: Mike Bodie
Reviewed by Matt Beers
Flourishing is Ministry: How to Cultivate Clergy Well-Being
By: Matt Bloom
Reviewed by Michael Wilson