The One Is Indivisible
The Truth Is The Whole
Leader Development should include reading in classical theological literature and literature influenced by classical theology. Really, leaders per se cannot develop properly, which is to say, they cannot grow careers that bear sweet fruits, without the benefit of this nourishment.
In April of 2001, when our family were members at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Medina, WA, I offered, to the Rector and Vestry, to lead a year-long seminar titled Religious Basic Training For Leadership In The Family Of God for St. Thomas Members. I received no answer. One can see at the link that stipulations were made as to participants and their expectations and responsibilities, very stiff stipulations. Religious training is significant, not trivial. Also visible at the link is this schedule and reading list:
September/October 2001
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Primary: The Phenomenon of Man
Secondary: The Divine Milieu
Tertiary: The Future of Man
November/December 2001
Baha’u’llah
Primary: The Hidden Words
Secondary: The Seven Valleys
Tertiary: God, His Manifestations, and Man
January/February 2002
Gregory Bateson
Primary: Mind and Nature
Secondary: Steps to an Ecology of Mind
A Sacred Unity: Further Steps to an Ecology of Mind
Tertiary: Angels Fear: Towards an Epistemology of the Sacred
March/April 2002
Valmiki/Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Ramakatha Rasa Vahini
(The Rama Story, Stream of Sacred Sweetness, Ramayana)
May/June 2002
Primary: Systematic Theology Vols. 1-3
Systematic Theology, Vols. I, II, III
The Rev. Dr. Paulus Johannes Tillich
Secondary: Theology of Culture
Tertiary: A History of Christian Thought, ed., Carl E. Braaten
July/August 2002
Seers of Tibet
Bardo Thodol (The Tibetan Book of the Dead)
In April of 2014, I published here at Theological Geography the Adwaitha Hermitage Leader Reading List. This list comprised the following:
The Order of Preachers (primarily)
A History of Christian Thought
The Rev. Dr. Paulus Johannes Tillich
Systematic Theology, Vols. I, II, III
The Rev. Dr. Paulus Johannes Tillich
Letters and On Illustrious Men
Saint Jerome and here
The Confessions and Against Pelagius
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur
Commentaries On The Gallic War (and here) (Wikipedia)
Roman Proconsul Julius Caesar
The Influence Of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783
Travels In Arabia Deserta, Volume One, Volume Two
Advice To War Presidents: A Remedial Course In Statecraft — excerpts here
Leftism Revisited: From deSade And Marx To Hitler And PolPot
The Templars: Knights Of Christ
The Geographical Pivot Of History
On The Plurality Of Civilizations
General Kenney Reports and here in PDF (31MB)
MacArthur: 1941-1951 and here in PDF (46MB)
Lester W. Grau and Charles K. Bartles
The Evolution Of Operational Art
See also Deep Operation/Battle
Georgii Samoilovich Isserson
A Return To Glory, and here, and here
Sunday In Hell: Pearl Harbor Minute By Minute, and here, and here
On Hallowed Ground: The Last Battle For Pork Chop Hill, and here, and here
Scrimmage for War: Pearl Harbor, Football and World War II, and here, and here
COL (R) Bill McWilliams, and here, and here
Code Breakers (Movie), and here
Bill’s New Page at New USMA Class of 1955 Website
Von Clausewitz And Trinitarian Warfare
Canon Charles Winfred Douglas, et. al., and here
The Phenomenon of Man and amusingly Contra
Pere Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Wassily Kandinsky: Life And Work
Will Grohmann / Wassily Kandinsky
Chartres: The Masons Who Built A Legend
The Coloring Books of Adwaitha Hermitage
MaryRuth C. Graham
The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid
Elements Of Military Art And Science and here and here
The Courtship of Miles Standish
Dante’s Divine Comedy (Translation)
The Landlord’s Tale: Paul Revere’s Ride
Quintivium: The Integration Of Inquiry
Phänomenologie des Geistes and here
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein
Military Geography: From Peace to War
COL (R) Dr. Eugene J. Palka and Francis A. Galgano
How The Scots Invented The Modern World
Finally, in September of 2019, and specifically for the Theology and War Leader, I published here at Theological Geography two Leader Development Discussions, one on the importance of war and the necessity of The Learned Warrior:
and one on National Freedom and Sovereignty as the common interest of Theologians and Soldiers:
The foregoing reading materials are nourishment for Theology and War Leaders developing their character and skills in order to bear sweet fruit for their persons, their families, and their country.
For some ailments medicines are prescribed for external application while for others, they are given for internal use. But for this universal ailment of the cycle of birth and death (bhava-roga), listening to spiritual discourses (sravana), singing God’s name (kirtana), and other medicines are prescribed for external and internal use. One has to utter as well as hear the Lord’s name. God has equal affection toward all His children just like the nature of light is to shed illumination on all. Utilising that illumination, some can read good books and others can do their daily tasks, whatever they are. So too, uttering God’s name, one can progress in the realisation of God, another can even do wicked deeds! It all depends on how you use the light. But the Lord’s name is without blemish, always and forever.
Sathya Sai Baba – Prema Vahini, Chapter 21 / Daily Email, Sai Inspires: Subscription
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