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Minister on the Spot

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This is a penetrating, yet sympathetic and constructive inquiry into the gut predicaments of being a minister. It is a kind of meditation for those brave enough to step away from their own tactical problems and reflect unguardedly on their style, identity, self-image-that is, on why they are called to be ministers and on how they are fulfilling that call.

Few books written for ministers are both penetrating and constructive.

Those that analyze in any depth generally scold, those that support are usually thin. But here ministers will find that their inner dilemmas have been exposed and illuminated by someone on their side capable of helping them find resolution. For this reason, this book is a creative contribution to renewal of ministry, an occasion to re-examine basic intentions and blocks to fulfillment.

Professor Dittes style of writing and format ventures to break down in a unique way the formal barriers often thrown up by the printed word. Unabashedly and unselfconsciously he uses theology and psychology in the service of the reader

James Dittes is editor of the "Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion" and author of the recent book THE CHURCH IN THE WAY. He is also Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Religious Studies, and Professor, Psychology of Religion, Yale University.

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253

Publisher

Philadelphia, PA, USA : The Pilgrim Press., 1970

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Softcover; 138 hlm.; 14 x20.9 cm

Language

English

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9780829801552 / 0829801553

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253

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Religion & Spirituality
Nonfiction
Christian Pastoral Practice & Religious Orders
Pastoral Work (Pastoral theology)

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