Urban Ministry: An Introduction - Couverture souple

Peters, Ronald E.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0687642256 ISBN 13 : 9780687642250

Editeur : Abingdon Press, 2007

Synopsis

A comprehensive introduction to the particular challenges and opportunities of congregational ministry in urban settings. Urban ministry has long been a part of seminary curricula, but a basic and definitive understanding of what students should know as they prepare for congregational ministry in the city has remained elusive. Too often it is assumed that the theological resources developed for ministry in other settings are adequate for urban ministry, but these resources fail to account for the unique challenges and opportunities of the urban setting. Ronald Peters clarifies the nature of urban ministry as a theological discipline by showing how its core values of love, justice, community, and reconciliation (among others) engage the issues of economics, education, family life, public health, ethnic relations, and religious life in the urban environment. Arguing that the city has always served as an arena of God's activity, Peters articulates a theological rationale for urban ministry that is both hopeful and yet realistic, affirming that God loves the city and its people and encouraging practitioners to do the same.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ronald E. Peters is Henry L. Hillman Associate Professor of Urban Ministry and Director of the Metro-Urban Institute at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Abingdon Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0687642256
• ISBN 13: 9780687642250
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 207
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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