Pastoral Theology from a Global Perspective: A Case Study Approach - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1570750793 ISBN 13: 9781570750793

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr, 1996

Synopsis

Multi-cultural and global in design, Pastoral Theology from a Global Perspective brings concrete and applicable resources to Christian leaders around the world who are struggling with problems of pastoral care. This practical, easy-to-use approach to pastoral theology is designed to hone pastoral skills in five central areas: The role of women in church and society, empowering marginalized peoples; economic justice and ecology; reconciliation and peacemaking; and caring for human needs.
Fifteen case studies, accompanied by teaching notes and commentaries, illustrate the diversity and commonalities of pastoral care in different parts of the world: an ordained Indian woman assigned as an associate pastor is threatened by male church members who say she is not permitted to preach from the pulpit or serve the Eucharist; missionaries to Haiti face critical decisions about supplying chemical fertilizer to a destitute hillside village; a Hispanic community considers illegally occupying a government nature reserve to save their community sheep herd; a Ugandan pastor deals with violence and healing in a community struggling to recover from civil war.

About this title

About the Author:

H. S. Wilson, a church historian and liberation theologian, is executive secretary of the Department of Theology for the World Alliance of Reformed Churches. Dr. Judo Poerwowidagdo, a theological educator from Indonesia, is executive secretary for Asia and the Pacific in the Ecumenical Theological Education Programme of the World Council of Churches. Dr. Takatso Mofokeng, a professor of systematic theology at the University of South Africa, is chair of the South African Association of Theological Institutions. Robert A. Evans and Alice Frazer Evans are co-directors of the Plowshares Institute and co-editors of several books of case studies, including 'Christian Ethics' and 'The Globalization of Theological Education'

About this edition

• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1570750793
• ISBN 13: 9781570750793
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 236
• Editor: Wilson Henry S., Mofokeng Takatso, Evans Alice Frazer, Poerwowidagdo Judo, Evans Robert A.