Becoming a bishop
Subtitle: theological handbook of episcopal ministry
By: by Paul Avis
Edition: 1st [edition].
Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9780567657275; 9780567657282; 9780567657299; 9780567657305
Subjects: Episcopacy; Bishops
Description: "Why Bishops? What's so special about Bishops? What are Bishops called to and how best can they do it? This book is the single resource of answers to all the questions one could conceivably have about what a Bishop is and their function and purpose in the Church. Paul Avis offers a fascinating account of the ministerial identity of the bishop, and in particular the tasks and roles of episcopal ministry. Placing the Bishop within his wider ecclesiological framework, Avis illuminates the role of the individual in episcopal ministry. The book sets the vital work of a Bishop within an ecclesiological framework: the Bishop in the Anglican Communion, within the Church of Christ, within the purposes of God."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The office and work of a bishop in the church of God; title: The bishop's identity and tasks; title: The bishop's authority; title: The bishop in leadership; title: The bishop and collaborative ministry; title: The bishop in the Anglican communion; title: The bishop and Christian unity; title: The bishop and the historic episcopate; title: The bishop as scholar and theologian; title: The bishop in the public square; title: The bishop and the liturgy.