Oden, Thomas C. <br/><br/>
Pastoral theology :  essentials of ministry / 
Thomas C. Oden. 
 - San Francisco, CA :  Harper and Row,  c.1982. 
 - xii, 372 p. ;  pbk ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes.. 
<br/><br/>IntroductionWhat is pastoral theology? Part 1: Becoming a minister.<br/><br/>The discovery of personal identity --The call to ministry -- The meaning of ordination -- Women in the pastoral office. Part 2 : The pastoral office.<br/><br/>Shepherding as pivotal analogy -- The offices and gifts of ministry.<br/><br/> Part 3 : What clergy do and why.<br/><br/>The pastor of the worshipping community -- The ministry of baptism and eucharist -- The ministry of the Word through preaching -- The teaching elder -- Equipping hte laity for ministry.<br/><br/> Part 4 : Pastoral counsel.<br/><br/>Pivotal visitation -- The care of souls -- The work of the Holy Spirit in comfort, adminition, and discipline.<br/><br/> Part 5 : Crisis ministry.<br/><br/>A theodicy for pastoral practice -- Ministry to the sick -- The care of the poor -- Pastoral care of the dying.<br/><br/> Conclusion : The trajectory of pastoral theology.<br/><br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0060663537 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>82047753  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pastoral theology.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>253/ODE