| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 372 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Discovery of pastoral identity -- Call to ministry -- Meaning of ordination -- Women in the pastoral office -- Shepherding as pivotal analogy -- Offices and gifts of ministry -- Pastor of the worshiping community -- Ministry of baptism and eucharist -- Ministry of the word through preaching -- Teaching elder -- Equipping the laity for ministry -- Pastoral visitation -- Care of souls -- Work of the holy spirit in comfort, admonition, and discipline -- Theodicy for pastoral practice -- Ministry to the sick -- Care of the poor -- Pastoral care of the dying. |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [321]-354. |
| Subject |
Pastoral theology.
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| ISBN |
0060663537 |
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