From Galilee to Galilee: Incarnational Christology in the Gospel of Mark Impacts National Leadership Transformation
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https://doi.org/10.55927/ijcet.v4i3.222Keywords:
Christlike Leadership, Galilee, Gospel of Mark, Incarnational Christology, Spiritual SophismAbstract
This research asks: (1) how does the motif “from Galilee to Galilee” shape theological understanding of Christ’s incarnation in Mark? (2) how does Christ’s leadership, present, transformative, communicative, and responsive, form a missional paradigm with socio-national implications? and (3) how can Christlike Leadership respond to contemporary challenges, including spiritual sophism that reduces ministry to financial or performative motives? Using a qualitative-descriptive method with historical-grammatical, narrative, and intertextual analysis, this study finds that Galilee functions both as a geographical space and a theological symbol of God’s active presence among the marginalized. The motif serves as a corrective against manipulative ministry and provides a paradigm for authentic, prophetic, and contextual leadership with real impact for church, campus, and nation.
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