Overview

A history of 2000 years of thought and practice in the Christian pastoral ministry. Until comparatively late in that story the bulk of the formative thinking took place in the Middle East and in Europe and this forms the background for the developments in understanding of human nature, and the ways in which this has influenced our thinking in pastoral care. Subjects covered range from the Biblical foundations to the sects and new religious movements, from the Fathers, the monks, the Friars and the Templars to the changes at the end of the 20th century.

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Author:   Gillian Evans
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Dimensions:   Width: 16.90cm , Height: 4.40cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.920kg
ISBN:  

9780225668407

ISBN 10:   0225668408
Pages:   488
Publication Date:   01 May 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Part 1 The biblical foundations: the Old Testament, J.W. Rogerson; the New Testament, David Graham. Part 2 The early Christian world: the fathers and the early councils, G.R. Evans; pastoral care and the monks - whose feet do you wash? , Benedicta Ward; penitentials and pastoral care, Thomas O'Loughlin. Part 3 The Middle Ages: pastoral care - the fourth lateran council of 1215, Norman Tanner; a ministry of preachers and confessors - the pastoral impact of the friars, Michael Robson; the charitable and medical activities of the hospitallers and templars, Malcolm Barber; since the pestilence time - pastoral care in the later Middle Ages, William J. Dohar; catechesis in East and West, Lambros Kamperidis. Part 4 the early modern period: the Reformation crisis in pastoral care, David Cornick; the ministry to outsiders - the Jesuits, John O'Malley; the family and pastoral care, Ralph Houlbrook; George Herbert and the country parson, Philip Sheidrake; pastoral care in England - Perkins, Baxter and Burnet, David Cornick; the 19th-century Anglican Franciscans, Peta Dunstan; the growth of the soul in Charles Kingsley, G.R. Evans; post-Enlightenment pastoral care - into the 20th century, David Cornick. Part 5 The modern world: pastoral care at the end of the 20th century, Ian Bunting; Justice - pastoral care and the ecclesiastical law, Rupert Bursell; sects and new religious movements, Martyn Percy; the pastoral care of people of other faiths, Christopher Lamb.

Reviews

. . . the breadth of the book's angle of vision can be an aid for scholars rethinking the American traditions . . . superb . . . the book provides ample information and offers thoughtful interpretation of the work of priests and ministers outside the pulpit throughout the past two millennia. Theology Today 58.4 These essays reveal the striking extent to which the work of the pastor has varied throughout the history of the church. Some of the essays are superb. The book provides ample information and offers thoughtful interpretation of the work of priests and ministers outside the pulpit throughout the past two millennia. E. Brooks Holifield, Theology Today, January 2002 This beautiful collection is like a kaleidescope of many colors. More than a story, it present a succession of events of which most, it's true, capture the spirit of the times. - Revue d'Histoire Ecclesiastique This will be a basic text for pastoral studies departments in colleges, but will also be a valued resource for working pastors, RE teachers and church historians. - Anvil, 2001

These essays reveal the striking extent to which the work of the pastor has varied throughout the history of the church. Some of the essays are superb. The book provides ample information and offers thoughtful interpretation of the work of priests and ministers outside the pulpit throughout the past two millennia. <br>--E. Brooks Holifield, Theology Today, January 2002<br>

. . . the breadth of the book's angle of vision can be an aid for scholars rethinking the American traditions . . . superb . . . the book provides ample information and offers thoughtful interpretation of the work of priests and ministers outside the pulpit throughout the past two millennia. Theology Today 58.4

Author Information

G. R. Evans is Lecturer in History at the University of Cambridge. She is author of Anselm and Taking About God, The Logic and Language of the Bible and the Anselm Concordance.

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