Author : Stephen Burns
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781596272644
Pastoral Theology for Public Ministry by Stephen Burns Pdf
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. Study guide included.