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.
- ISBN10 1596272643
- ISBN13 9781596272644
- Publish Date 10 October 2015
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Church Publishing Inc
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 160
- Language English