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Reconstructing Pastoral Theology
Author | : Andrew Purves |
Publsiher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0664227333 |
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In Pastoral Care in the Classical Tradition, Andrew Purves argued that pastoral care and theology has long ignored Scripture and Christian doctrine, and pastoral practice has become secularized in both method and goal, the fiefdom of psychology and the social sciences. He builds further on this idea here, presenting a christological basis for ministry and pastoral theology.
Reconstructing Practical Theology
Author | : John Reader |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 165 |
Release | : 2017-03-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781351906197 |
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This book argues that the discipline of practical theology needs to be re-shaped in the light of the impact of various influences created through the encounter with globalization. Essential to this is an engagement with the insights of other disciplines, e.g. sociology, politics, economics and philosophy. The content and authority of the Christian tradition is being challenged by the blurred encounters with more fluid lifestyles, alternative spiritualities and indeed other faiths as mediated through information technology and the breakdown of attachments to all forms of institutional life. Traditional ways of 'belonging' and relating to places and structures are being eroded leaving the established patterns of ministry, worship, church organisation the province of an ageing population, while those who are now more inclined to search for 'communities of interest' avoid being drawn into the practices and structures of formal religion. What is the future for practical theology in this rapidly changing context? By examining the familiar concerns of the subject John Reader shows how it is in danger of operating with 'zombie categories' - still alive but only just - and presents the possibilities for a reflexive spirituality grounded in the Christian tradition as a way into the future.
Pastoral Theology in the Classical Tradition
Author | : Andrew Purves |
Publsiher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0664222412 |
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Purves proposes a thoughtful reading of early classical texts to provide insight into contemporary pastoral work.
Reconstructing Practical Theology
Author | : John Reader |
Publsiher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0754666603 |
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This book argues that the discipline of practical theology needs to be re-shaped in the light of the impact of various influences created through the encounter with globalization. Essential to this is an engagement with the insights of other disciplines, e.g. sociology, politics, economics and philosophy. The content and authority of the Christian tradition is being challenged by the blurred encounters with more fluid lifestyles, alternative spiritualities and indeed other faiths as mediated through information technology and the breakdown of attachments to all forms of institutional life. Traditional ways of belonging and relating to places and structures are being eroded leaving the established patterns of ministry, worship, church organisation the province of an ageing population, while those who are now more inclined to search for communities of interest avoid being drawn into the practices and structures of formal religion. What is the future for practical theology in this rapidly changing context? By examining the familiar concerns of the subject John Reader shows how it is in danger of operating with zombie categories - still alive but only just - and presents the possibilities for a reflexive spirituality grounded in the Christian tradition as a way into the future.
Transforming Practice
Author | : Elaine Graham |
Publsiher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2002-03-21 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781725202481 |
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Eucharistic Reciprocity
Author | : A. William DeJong |
Publsiher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2019-11-11 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781532672552 |
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This volume probes the nature of gratitude as a virtue and identifies its moral value in the Christian life in order to enhance pastoral effectiveness in ministering to those gripped by sins of desire. Such impulses are explored in terms of the seven deadly sins, which this inquiry regards as distorted desires for the good God provides. Utilizing a method of mutual critical correlation, this volume brings philosophical and psychological claims about gratitude into conversation with the Christian tradition. On the basis of an ontology of communion in which humans are inextricably situated in giving-and-receiving relationships with God, others, and the world, this inquiry defines gratitude as a social response involving asymmetrical, agapic reciprocity, whereby a recipient freely, joyfully, and fittingly salutes a giver for the gift received in order to establish, maintain, or restore a personal and peaceable relationship. Critiquing especially the reductions of gratitude by Aristotle and Jacques Derrida, this inquiry recommends gratitude as a virtue which, when embodied, practiced, and ritualized especially, though not exclusively, in the Eucharist, has potential to repel the destructive idolatries generated by the seven deadly sins and thus function as a crucial ingredient in human social flourishing. Familiarity with the virtue of gratitude as a vital ingredient in moral flourishing therefore equips pastors for greater ministerial effectiveness.
Reconstructing Catholicism
Author | : Robert Ludwig |
Publsiher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2000-04-04 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781579103385 |
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A leading pastoral theologian re-imagines Catholicism for a new millenium.
The Crucifixion of Ministry
Author | : Andrew Purves |
Publsiher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007-09-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780830834396 |
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Andrew Purves explores the true and essential nature of Christian ministry, rooting it in Christ's own example. He provides vision and direction for students and practicing ministers to reclaim the connection between Christ, themselves, and their ministries.