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The search for compassion : spirituality and ministry / Andrew Purves.

By: Publication details: Louisville, KY : Westminster/John Knox Press, c1989.Description: 143 p. : ill. ; pbk ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0664250653
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 253.2/PUR
Contents:
Introduction : the search for a renewed compassion.
"And he had compassion on them": compassion in the ministry of Jesus : The healing of the leper (Mark 1:40-45) -- The healing of the epileptic youth (Mark 9:14-29) -- The feeding stories ( Mark 6:30-44; 8:1-10; and pars) -- The healing of the two blind men (Matthew 20:29-34) -- The raising of the son of the widow of Nain (Like 7:11-17) -- A summary of the ministry of Jesus (Matthew 9:35-38).
"Go and do likewise": compassion and the teaching of Jesus : The unforgiving servant (Matthew 18:23-35) -- The good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37) -- The prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32) -- Epilogue to chapters 1 and 2: Compassion is not mercy. empathy, sympathy or pity.
The wounded ministering God: a theology of divine compassion : the suffering of God in the OT -- The wounded womb of God -- Knowing God in Jesus Christ -- The compassionate God.
A theology of compassionate suffering : The problem of suffering -- Apathy, a response to suffering -- What makes compassion possible? -- Suffering in Christ: a theological paradigm.
Living with the wound of compassion : Reclaiming spirituality -- Disciplines for compassion -- Living with our woundedness -- Compassion and interdependency: being the church.
The practice of compassion : concluding reflections on ministry.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-143).

Introduction : the search for a renewed compassion.

"And he had compassion on them": compassion in the ministry of Jesus : The healing of the leper (Mark 1:40-45) -- The healing of the epileptic youth (Mark 9:14-29) -- The feeding stories ( Mark 6:30-44; 8:1-10; and pars) -- The healing of the two blind men (Matthew 20:29-34) -- The raising of the son of the widow of Nain (Like 7:11-17) -- A summary of the ministry of Jesus (Matthew 9:35-38).

"Go and do likewise": compassion and the teaching of Jesus : The unforgiving servant (Matthew 18:23-35) -- The good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37) -- The prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32) -- Epilogue to chapters 1 and 2: Compassion is not mercy. empathy, sympathy or pity.

The wounded ministering God: a theology of divine compassion : the suffering of God in the OT -- The wounded womb of God -- Knowing God in Jesus Christ -- The compassionate God.

A theology of compassionate suffering : The problem of suffering -- Apathy, a response to suffering -- What makes compassion possible? -- Suffering in Christ: a theological paradigm.

Living with the wound of compassion : Reclaiming spirituality -- Disciplines for compassion -- Living with our woundedness -- Compassion and interdependency: being the church.

The practice of compassion : concluding reflections on ministry.

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