The Pastor in a Secular Age: Ministry to People Who No Longer Need a God
Andrew Root
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Academy of Parish Clergy 2020 Top Ten Book for Parish Ministry
In Faith Formation in a Secular Age, the first book in his Ministry in a Secular Age trilogy, Andrew Root offered an alternative take on the issue of youth drifting away from the church and articulated how faith can be formed in our secular age. In The Pastor in a Secular Age, Root explores how this secular age has impacted the identity and practice of the pastor, obscuring his or her core vocation: to call and assist others into the experience of ministry.
Using examples of pastors throughout history--from Augustine and Jonathan Edwards to Martin Luther King Jr. and Nadia Bolz-Weber--Root shows how pastors have both perpetuated and responded to our secular age. Root turns to Old Testament texts and to the theology of Robert Jenson to explain how pastors can regain the important role of attending to people's experiences of divine action, offering a new vision for pastoral ministry today.
This is the second book in Root's Ministry in a Secular Age series.
Book Details
Publisher: Baker Academic
Publish Date: Jun 18th, 2019
Pages: 320
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.80in - 0.95lb
EAN: 9780801098475
Categories: • Christian Ministry - Pastoral Resources• Christian Living - Leadership & Mentoring• Christian Theology - General
About the Author
Root, Andrew: - Andrew Root (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is Carrie Olson Baalson Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of more than twenty-five books, including Faith Formation in a Secular Age, The Pastor in a Secular Age, The Congregation in a Secular Age, Churches and the Crisis of Decline, The Church after Innovation, and The End of Youth Ministry? Root is also the coauthor (with Kenda Creasy Dean) of The Theological Turn in Youth Ministry. He is a frequent speaker and hosts the popular and influential When Church Stops Working podcast.
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