Pastoral Theology: Essentials of MinistryHarper Collins, 25 maj 1983 - 384 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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... classical models of the care of souls . It is time for pastors to repudiate flatly much that re- cently flies under the name of " pastoral counselor . " So preoccupied has " liberated " pastoral counseling been with obtaining ...
... classical pastoral wisdom , which has carefully held together Christ's ministry and ours , God's gift and the church's task , grace and responsiveness . Many complications of burnout in ministry could have been prudently avoided by ...
... classical , ortho- dox , ecumenical formulation , I will speak of the Holy Spirit in the feminine , as " she , " since the neutered pneuma , and even more , the femi- nine Hebrew ruah , allow this as justifiably as the more familiar ...
... classical pastoral tradition has struggled mightily against " cheap grace " solutions and premature reassurances in a way that will be reflected on almost every page that follows . Keep in mind that antinomianism is our own doing . We ...
... classical theological distinction between absolute and con- tingent necessity . If God is the only necessary being , then we can easily admit that ministry is not necessary absolutely to God , THE DISCOVERY OF PASTORAL IDENTITY 13.
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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 |