01696pam a2200313 a 4500 4225147 AU-EpEBC 20111017203605.0 821115s1982 cau b 001 0 eng 82047753 0060663537 (pbk.) DLC DLC DLC NEMB 253/ODE Oden, Thomas C. Pastoral theology : essentials of ministry / Thomas C. Oden. San Francisco, CA : Harper and Row, c.1982. xii, 372 p. ; pbk ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.. IntroductionWhat is pastoral theology? Part 1: Becoming a minister. The discovery of personal identity --The call to ministry -- The meaning of ordination -- Women in the pastoral office. Part 2 : The pastoral office. Shepherding as pivotal analogy -- The offices and gifts of ministry. Part 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. Part 4 : Pastoral counsel. Pivotal visitation -- The care of souls -- The work of the Holy Spirit in comfort, adminition, and discipline. Part 5 : Crisis ministry. A theodicy for pastoral practice -- Ministry to the sick -- The care of the poor -- Pastoral care of the dying. Conclusion : The trajectory of pastoral theology. Pastoral theology. Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc044/82047753.html ddc 10635 10635 0 0 ddc 0 0 253 Pastoral theology MAIN MAIN OS 2011-05-23 The Book Depository 25.68 2 253/ODE 10406 2015-08-05 00:00:00 2014-09-26 1 55.00 2011-05-23 AM