Leadership as a Research Problem in the Pastoral Theology

Abstract

The issue of leadership is relatively rare in the pastoral theology. However, due to the cognitive and practical reasons, it is necessary to conduct further more frequent research on leadership. Such research can be conducted thanks to the cooperation between pastoral theology and the disciplines which are beyond theology, such as pedagogy, sociology, psychology and management science. These sciences are treated as auxiliary sciences for the pastoral theology. The cooperation between the pastoral theology and the auxiliary sciences from beyond theology involves research on such subjects as: the essence of leadership, the features of leaders, the leadership behaviours, the models of leadership, group communication, the formation of leaders etc. Apart from the cooperation between pastoral theology and the auxiliary sciences, it is also possible to practise the leadership theology. It can constitute an additional theological sub discipline which is called into existence similarly to the charity theology. The range of the leadership theology, similarly to the charity theology, is included into the pastoral function of the realization of the Church.