Gentle Shepherding: Pastoral Ethics and Leadership
"A comprehensive and illuminating account of professional ethics  for practicing ministers.Gentle Shepherdingcreatively combines  insights from scholarly studies of professional ethics with practical  wisdom gained from concrete experiences in pastoral ministry. A valuable  resource for pastors and for seminary students preparing for  ordination."--Thomas W. Ogletree, Yale University Divinity School"Gentle Shepherdingtackles a critical topic in an era when  entrepreneurial ministries increasingly dominate the imagination of  American Protestant clergy. In this timely and pertinent study Bush probes  challenging ethical issues in the professional lives and work of  contemporary clergy and provides thoughtful guidance to clergy practice  through a thoughtful examination of relevant ethical theories, lively case,  studies and diverse cultural perspectives."--Charles R. Foster, The  Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching