ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. In practical terms, the book raises issues about the formation of leaders in conjunction with the use of psychological profiling, selection, training, and the provision of professional supervision. It focuses on a pre-ecclesiology, which has been an exercise in theorization and theological reflection with an eye on practice. For heuristic reasons, the book applies a broad, contemporary understanding of shared wisdom, which is related to the epistemological centrality of ecclesial leaders; the importance of marginalized knowledges; and the gathering of knowledge, which is practical and theoretical, based on personal experience and the testimony of others. In broad terms, Foucauldian disruption is about facing the difficult, unnamed truths, like sovereign power; but the process as such can be transformative. Other examples for future work include gender-related issues, even a Foucauldian-based theology of masculinity.
