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9780802829627 Academic Inspection Copy

Pastor as Minor Poet

Texts and Subtexts in the Ministerial Life
  • ISBN-13: 9780802829627
  • Publisher: EERDMANS ACADEMIC
    Imprint: EERDMANS ACADEMIC
  • By M. Craig Barnes
  • Price: AUD $40.99
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  • Local release date: 15/03/2009
  • Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 138 pages Weight: 218g
  • Categories: Christian ministry & pastoral activity [HRCX4]
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Today's pastors -- often expected to be multitasking marvels who can make their churches "successful" -- are understandably confused about their role. Craig Barnes contends that the true calling of a pastor is to help others become fully alive in Christ, to be a "minor poet," or poet of the soul. As such, pastors are to read the major poets of Scri
M. Craig Barnes directs the Association for Theological Schools' Theologies for Pastoral Ministry project, which aims to develop new theological books on practical pastoral ministry. Prior to holding this role, Barnes served as president of Princeton Theological Seminary from 2012-2023. Barnes previously taught at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and served as a pastor to congregations in Colorado, Wisconsin, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania. His books include The Pastor as Minor Poet: Texts and Subtexts in the Ministerial Life, Searching for Home: Spirituality for Restless Souls, and Diary of a Pastor's Soul: The Holy Moments in a Life of Ministry.
Walter Brueggemann "Barnes knows all about being a pastor, how to use authority, how to lead, how to listen, and how to provoke. He knows, moreover, that it finally all comes down to faithful words that can conjure alternative scenarios of the future. In a society cold with technical reason, this summons to poetic truth is of huge importance."
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