Classical Pastoral Care

Classical Pastoral CareClassic Pastoral Care provides a topical arrangement of passages from classic Christian writings offering guidance on all major topics of pastoral theology. The four volume set features writings from more than two hundred notable Christian authors from Abelard and Ambrose to Isaac Watts and Zwingli arranged in thirty topical sections. Volume one, Becoming a Minister, is concerned with the person and self understanding of the caregiver. It discusses

But serious readers and clergy will also find it a helpful guide to Barth's theology and his continuing importance

the purpose of ministry

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Each chapter includes a hymn

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Here a leading expert on the Apostolic Fathers offers an accessible

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the ability to work effectively across national

What questions do interpreters ask of Scripture and how have those questions changed over time