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Chief Editor: Martyn Percy is Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and a member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University. He is also Professor of Theological Education at King’s College, London. His recent publications include The Future Shapes of Anglicanism , The Ecclesial Canopy, Curacies and How to Survive Them, and Shaping the Church.
Associate Editors: Ian Markham is Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary, USA. Ian is an internationally renowned author, and has published books on pastoral and practical theology and on Christian-Muslim dialogue; Emma Percy, is Chaplain, Fellow and Welfare Dean at Trinity College, Oxford. She writes on practical and pastoral theology, and concepts of ministry.Her recent publications include What Clergy Do.
The Study of Ministry is a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of ministry that attends to historical sources, the social sciences, pastoral theology, ecclesiology and cultural studies. The book argues for the study of ministry to be taken seriously as an aspect of ecclesiology and pastoral theology, providing a stimulating resource for all those training for ministries in a variety of denominations.
Contents
Introduction
Part One: Understanding Ministry
Part Two: Models, Methods, and Resources
Part Three: Ministry in Christian Tradition
Part Four: Styles of Christian Ministry
Part Five: Issues in Christian Ministry
Conclusion
