01647pam a2200289 a 45000010008000000030009000080050017000170080041000340100017000750200022000920400024001140820012001381000020001502450067001702600050002373000033002875040054003205050043003745050154004175050106005715050226006775050145009035050145010485050056011936500023012498560085012724225147AU-EpEBC20111017203605.0821115s1982    cau      b    001 0 eng    a   82047753   a0060663537 (pbk.)  aDLCcDLCdDLCdNEMB00a253/ODE1 aOden, Thomas C.10aPastoral theology :bessentials of ministry /cThomas C. Oden.  aSan Francisco, CA :bHarper and Row,cc.1982.  axii, 372 p. ;bpbk ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes..  aIntroductionWhat is pastoral theology?  aPart 1: Becoming a minister.

The discovery of personal identity --The call to ministry -- The meaning of ordination -- Women in the pastoral office.  aPart 2 : The pastoral office.

Shepherding as pivotal analogy -- The offices and gifts of ministry.

  aPart 3 : What clergy do and why.

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.

  aPart 4 : Pastoral counsel.

Pivotal visitation -- The care of souls -- The work of the Holy Spirit in comfort, adminition, and discipline.

  aPart 5 : Crisis ministry.

A theodicy for pastoral practice -- Ministry to the sick -- The care of the poor -- Pastoral care of the dying.

  aConclusion : The trajectory of pastoral theology.

 0aPastoral theology.423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc044/82047753.html