For oldline Protestant denominations this has resulted in decades of dizzying decline as leadership elites, styling themselves as «prophetic,» have worked, it seems almost deliberately, to alienate the general membership. (firstthings.com)
These new organizations and new alliances have been steadily incorporated into Republican and Democratic leadership elites, and from there into voter alignments. (firstthings.com)
And the politics of the centenary have awakened an interest in regional crises, the failure of conflict resolution and the responsibility of leadership elites. (totalpolitics.com)