spiritual leadership

The sense of exclusion that this demographic continues to feel, and the sense that America’s moral standards are decaying, allows Trump, through his Tartuffe-like tactics, to assume his “spiritual leadership.”

He said he rejects “complementarianism,” a theological position that rejects women from ordained ministry, and “egalitarianism,” which in evangelical Christian circles includes support for women exercising spiritual leadership as clergy.

Scholars say that behind-the-scenes efforts by the Shinto group — the Shinto Association of Spiritual Leadership, the political arm of an organization that oversees 80,000 shrines — are one reason for the disconnect between the broader society and the political sphere.

As chief of chaplains, Mr. Costin, a two-star general in the Air Force, offered spiritual leadership to more than 664,000 active duty, Air National Guard, Reserve and civilian forces in the service, leading 2,000 chaplains and chaplain assistants from the Air Force Chaplain Corps.

Still, Gandhi’s commitments to an independent and self-sufficient India, his wit and steely resolve and his ability to mix aspects of spiritual leadership with political continue to command respect.