Title: Teaching the Reformation : ministers and their message in Basel, 1529-1629 /
Authors: Burnett, Amy Nelson, 1957-
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Reformed Church Doctrines; Pastoral theology.; Clergy Training of History.; Church history; Basel (Switzerland) Church history.
Abstract: Examining four generations of Reformed pastors who served the church of Basel in the century after the Reformation, this work focuses on the evolution of pastoral training and Reformed theology, the theory and practice of preaching, and the performance of pastoral care in both urban and rural parishes.
Contents: Basel and its Reformed church -- Preaching and teaching in theory and practice -- Building a new church -- Laying the foundation -- The arts faculty and general education -- Theology instruction in Basel -- The development of Reformed homiletics -- The evolution of preaching in Basel -- The career pf a Basel pastor -- The pastor as teacher -- Pastoral care from cradle to grave -- The transformation of the pastoral ministry.