Ministry and Pastoral Care

One Firm Anchor:

The Church and the Merchant Seafarer, an Introductory History

By R.W.H. Miller

A comprehensive study of the history of Christian ministry to seamen and sailors, from the Early Church to the modern era.

Personhood and Christianity:

in Psychodynamic and Corporate Perspective

By Oliver Forshaw

An examination of the theology of pastoral counselling, emphasising the implications for individual and communal Christian life in the modern world.

Recognizing Other Subjects:

Feminist Pastoral Theology and the Challenge of Identity

By Katharine E. Lassiter

An interdisciplinary study drawing on feminism and social theory to develop a theology of pastoral care that emphasises recognition of human well-being.

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Reform of the Ministry:

A Study in the Work of Roland Allen

By Roland Allen and David M. Paton

A collection of essays by and about the missionary Roland Allen, focusing on his critique of the ministry and the inherited Church policy that surrounds it.

Series: Roland Allen Library

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Sex, Power, Control:

Responding to Abuse in the Institutional Church

By Fiona Gardner

A powerful and revealing account of how the Church of England failed to come to terms with the child abuse scandal within its own ranks.

Shaped for Service:

Ministerial Formation and Virtue Ethics

By Paul W. Goodliff

An examination of how virtue ethics can provide a framework for understanding and enhancing the practice of pastoral ministry.

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Still Growing:

The Creative Self in Older Adulthood

By Donald Capps

Bringing together both pastoral awareness and psychoanalytical knowledge, this is a life-affirming study of the growth and creativity of old age.

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An Uncertain Certainty:

Snapshots in a Journey from 'Either-Or' to 'Both-And' in Christian Ministry

By Graham Buxton

An exploration of the pitfalls of certitude in Christian faith and ministry, offering instead a faith that embraces uncertainty, plurality and the unknown.

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