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Stuck: Why Clergy Are Alienated from Their Calling, Congregation, and Career... and What to Do About It - Couverture rigide

Ferguson, Todd W.; Packard, Josh

 
9781506480831: Stuck: Why Clergy Are Alienated from Their Calling, Congregation, and Career... and What to Do About It
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ISBN 10 : 1506480837 ISBN 13 : 9781506480831
Editeur : Fortress Press,U.S., 2022

Synopsis

Stuck is a guide for understanding how and why a traditional approach to ministry does not align with the modern realities facing pastors, congregations, and seminaries. More than simply describing findings from their firsthand research, however, Todd W. Ferguson and Josh Packard offer a new understanding of why professional ministry can be so alienating today. Stuck shifts the dominant narrative around calling, vocation, and ministry away from a focus on individual traits and characteristics of pastors and congregational leaders and toward a more structural understanding of the social forces that impact modern ministry. The authors focus on the nature of calling; the need for modern, flexible congregational supports; and a different approach to training professional clergy. Stuck lets pastors who feel stuck know that they're not alone, they're not crazy, and it's not their fault. It helps congregations be more supportive of their clergy. And it participates in the conversation for reshaping seminary training and professional development.

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À propos des auteurs

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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Éditeur
Fortress Press,U.S.
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1506480837
ISBN 13 
9781506480831
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
189
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Personne responsable
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