TY  - BOOK
AU  - Oden,Thomas C.
TI  - Pastoral theology: essentials of ministry 
SN  - 0060663537 (pbk.)
U1  - 253/ODE 
PY  - 1982///
CY  - San Francisco, CA
PB  - Harper and Row
KW  - Pastoral theology
N1  - 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.


UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc044/82047753.html
ER  -