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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... tradition . Each chapter has been written in the same way : I deliberately have tried to constrain my own opinion and look intently and responsively toward the central consensual tradition . I have sought to state without embellishment ...
... tradition has used the term antinomianism ( from " against law , " or " lawlessness " ) to speak of that undernourished view of God's grace that views the gospel as if it implied no moral response or ethical con- straint or norms of ...
... tradition of pastoral care prior to this century would have frankly called this talk nonsense . But we 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 ...
... tradition on ministry , and the traditions of Eastern Orthodoxy . I have sought reasonably to bring all these voices into a centrist , historically sensitive integration , with special attention to historical consensus . I have applied ...
... tradition . To this I add a long - term interest in the Roman tradition , beginning dramatically with my experience as a visitor to some of the ground- breaking sessions of Vatican II , and a growing fascination with patristic ...
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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 |