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Informationen zum Autor Kenan B Osborne is professor emeritus of theology at the Franciscan School of Theology! a past president of the Catholic Theological Society of America. One of the foremost Catholic historical and systematic theologians of our day! his studies have centred on the history and theology of the church and ministry! and his 1998 book! The Priesthood! is unsurpassed as a study of ordained ministry in the Catholic tradition. Klappentext Kenan Osborne addresses one of the most pressing problems in Catholicism today--the nature of leadership and the relationship between ordained and other ministries. Starting from the ministry of Jesus as the paradigm for Christian leadership, Osborne analyzes ministry the early church and its development from the early church to our own age. Unafraid of hard questions, such as whether "uniform" practices are necessary in a World Church, Osborne showing how ministry can be reformed and practiced in our globalizing world. Zusammenfassung Aims to address one of the most pressing problems in Catholicism in modern times - the nature of leadership and the relationship between ordained and other ministries. This book starts from the ministry of Jesus as the paradigm for Christian leadership! and analyzes ministry in the early church and its development.
