Exploring the life and calling
By: Gary Black Jr
Series: Foundations for learning; Foundations for learning
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 77
ISBN-13: 9781451488920
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Pastoral theology; Religious life; Appointment, call, and election; Clergy
Description: In this introductory volume for the series, Black asserts that while the primary subjects of seminary and professional church work training may dominate the interests of students, students must engage in the principal pursuit of understanding, then applying, Christian theology. Black argues that the thread of theology must be distinctly woven through each of the other disciplines of biblical exegesis, ministerial leadership, spiritual formation, counseling, preaching, and worship.
Notes: Each chapter concludes with "Questions for exploration."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The calling of a professional minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ; title: Defining our praxis; title: Praxis one: The spiritual life; title: Praxis two: A life of meditation and contemplation; title: Praxis three: An embodied faith; title: Praxis four: Life together in the flock of the Good Shepherd; title: Praxis five: Leaders as apprentices to Jesus; title: Forging ahead.