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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... suffer fools gladly with a bored smile . How often we are obliged to cherish it as if it were “ obvi- ously good " theology . So when we are engaged in pastoral counseling , we withhold all ethical judgments , aping ineffective ...
... suffering for others and redemp- tive love . Essential to this mode of headship is self - sacrificial , radical self - giving . This passage is not talking about a coercive , authoritarian type of headship or superordination . If that ...
... sufferings , and limitations that we have never dreamed of . It is far too cheap for moderns to assume that we obviously could have done much better or acted more justly , within the specific historical encumberances , political ...
Inhoudsopgave
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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 |