Pastoral theology for public ministry
By: Stephen Burns
Publisher: Seabury Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781596272644; 9781596272651
Subjects: City missions; Cities and towns; Pastoral theology; City churches; Christianity
Description: What does it mean to be engaged in Christian ministry in a shifting spiritual and religious landscape? Stephen Burns invites readers to think anew about the distinctiveness of public practices of pastoral presence. Rather than narrowly defining pastoral care and pastoral theology (pastoral counseling, preaching, youth groups, visits to elders, etc.) and theological academic categories (history, pastoral theology, liturgy, ethics and contemporary sociology), he argues for a new imagination and practice of pastoral presence -- a presence that is representative, public, integrated, and expansive.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pastoral theology, foundations for the task; title: Reading the living human document: a therapeutic tradition; title: Returning to the word at table: a classical tradition; title: Erecting streetlights on the road to Jericho: a liberationist tradition; title: Making the transition: a personal reflection public ministry, always oneself, never only oneself; title: The pastor as symbol; title: The person as pastor; title: Seminary.