For Life Abundant - Practical Theology, Theological Education, and Christian Ministry

Informationen zum Autor Dorothy C. Bass is senior fellow in the Lilly Fellows Program in the Humanities and the Arts. Craig Dykstra (1947-2025) was vice president of the Lilly Endowment in Indianapolis and a research professor of practical theology and senior fellow at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity School. He authored several books about the Christian faith, including Growing in the Life of Faith: Education and Christian Practices and Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People . Klappentext What does it mean to lead a truly "life-giving way of life"? What kinds of learning and teaching will best prepare ministers to foster such a way of life in their congregations? How might teachers of practical theology best understand and undertake their task to educate and form ministers? Respected scholars and ministers explore such questions in For Life Abundant, probing and clarifying the significance of practical theology in the classroom, in the wider academy, and in actual ministry settings.Contributors: Dorothy C. Bass Kathleen A. Cahalan David D. Daniels III Craig Dykstra Serene Jones Thomas G. Long Peter W. Marty Gordon S. Mikoski Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore James R. Nieman Christian R. Scharen Ted A. Smith John P. Witvliet David J. Wood

Product details

• Authors: Dorothy C. (EDT) Bass
• Assisted by: Dorothy C Bass (Editor), Dorothy C. Bass (Editor), Craig Dykstra (Editor)
• Publisher: Eerdmans wm b pub
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.04.2008
• EAN: 9780802837448
• ISBN: 978-0-8028-3744-8
• No. of pages: 372
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works