Pastoral Theology: Essentials of MinistryHarper Collins, 25 mei 1983 - 384 pagina's This much-needed book fully integrates principles of pastoral care, leadership, and theology to restore to ministers a clearly defined pastoral identity. Moving from a critique of inadequate models for ministry -- from community organizer to T. V. evangelist -- Oden develops a more classical model, rich in its references to the past and compatible both with Christian faith and theology through the ages and with current needs. Reconciling classical tradition with practice, Pastoral Theology will be a standard resource and reference in the field. Oden distills the best ideas of the two millennia of ecumenical Christian thinking concerning what pastors are and do. Pastoral Theology provides the foundational knowledge of the pastoral office requisite to the practice of ministry. It will be of interest to persons preparing for ordination in its review of key issues; at the same time, Pastoral Theology will appeal to all those who have considered entering the ministry, those who want to know more about what clergy do and why, and those ministers who want to review their ongoing work in the light of a systematic reflection on the pastoral gifts and tasks. |
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... confused by fee - basis pastoral counseling ( of- fering pastoral empathy only on the basis of a contracted direct fee ) , the classical pastoral tradition roundly opposed the idea that fees can 4 BECOMING A MINISTER.
... direct money exchange for a specific pastoral service ( Apostolic Constitutions , ANF , vol . 7 , pp . 433 ff .; Council of Chalcedon , 451 , NPNF 2nd , vol . 14 , pp . 269 ff . ) . There is a simple theological reason for this : acts ...
... direct revelation . Rather , the surprising fact is that God has chosen to minister to humanity through a scandalously visible community , the church , and to minister to the church through human agency , by calling ordinary ...
... direct medium through which the gift is mechanically transmitted ; this is a modern reductionist caricature of patristic views of ordination . The effective inner meaning of ordination is the earnest intercession of the church ...
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60 | 86 |
The Ministry of Baptism and Eucharist | 105 |
The Ministry of the Word Through Preaching | 139 |
Equipping the Laity for Ministry | 159 |
Pastoral Visitation | 169 |
The Care of Souls | 186 |
A Theodicy for Pastoral Practice | 223 |
Ministry to the Sick | 249 |
The Care of the Poor | 267 |
Pastoral Care of the Dying | 293 |
The Trajectory of Pastoral Theology | 311 |
Abbreviations | 317 |
Index of Names | 355 |
Index of Scripture References | 369 |