Preface to pastoral theology / Sewrd Hiltner.
Series: Ayer lectures of the Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, Rochester, N. Y ; 1954Publication details: New York : Abingdon Press, 1958.Description: 240 p. ; 21 cmOther title:- Preface to pastoral theology : the ministry and theory of shepherding [Cover title]
- Ministry and theory of shepherding
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-233) and index.
1. Task -- the meaning of shepherding -- the meaning of pastoral theology -- importance of pastoral theology -- 2. Person -- every minister a pastoral theologian -- the specialist in pastoral theology -- the layman as pastoral theologian -- 3. History -- the early centuries of Protestantism -- the later centuries of Protestantism -- pastoral theology in this century -- 4. Perspectives -- communicating the gospel -- organizing the fellowship -- shepherding persons -- 5. Cases -- Ichabod Spencer's cases -- comment on Spencer -- 6. Healing -- healing from what? -- healing and sin -- healing of the spirit -- summary -- 7. Sustaining -- comfort and sustaining -- methods of sustaining -- faith and doubt in sustaining -- sustaining and healing -- hope -- summary -- 8. Guiding -- guiding as shepherding -- pastoral theology and moral theology -- criteria of guiding as shepherding -- eductive guiding -- spiritual direction -- internals and externals in guiding -- summary -- 9. Communicating -- communicating as relational -- aspects of communication -- some general principles of communicating -- summary -- Organizing -- the biological metaphor of the church -- aspects of organizing -- types of organizing -- church, sect, and body -- group dynamics.