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Stuck offers a poignant and important sociological analysis of a growing crisis in Christian life: the alienation of clergy from their callings. Given the importance of clergy in helping all Christians discover their callings in diverse vocations, this crisis cries out for the kind of urgent attention and action reflected in Ferguson and Packard's analysis. --L. Gregory Jones, Belmont University Ever felt like larger forces were at play and you just couldn't name them clearly? Stuck unveils the underestimated forces affecting clergy and offers an unforgettable framework that just might help clergy get unstuck. --Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell, Duke Global Health Institute This book should be required reading at any seminary that aims to prepare ministers for the challenges ahead. . . . Though the calling to ministry needn't change, the pastoring profession must change. Ferguson and Packard tell us why, then show us how. --Samuel L. Perry, University of Oklahoma

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Todd W. Ferguson is a sociologist at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas. His research focuses on religious congregations and their clergy. He earned his PhD from Baylor University and an MDiv from Duke Divinity School. Before becoming a sociologist, Todd was a pastor in a Baptist church in Houston, Texas. Josh Packard, executive director of Springtide Research Institute, is an accomplished researcher with an expertise in the sociology of religion and new forms of religious expression. A talented speaker and writer, he has been published widely in both academic and popular outlets. Josh earned his PhD in sociology from Vanderbilt University and did his undergraduate work at Texas Lutheran University. He is the coauthor of Church Refugees: Sociologists Reveal Why People Are DONE with Church, but Not Their Faith (Group Publishing, 2015).

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