Theological Reflection and Education for Ministry

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Theological Reflection and Education for Ministry is written by Professor John E Paver and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 140947741X (ISBN 10) and 9781409477419 (ISBN 13).

A major and continuing problem for theological education and the practice of Christian ministry is how to best achieve a genuine integration between theory and practice, theology and experience. The key claim of this book is that theological reflection, beginning with experience, is a method of integration and that pastoral supervision is a vehicle for theological reflection. In establishing this claim, John Paver demonstrates that the model and method have potential to be a catalyst for reform within theological colleges and seminaries. Three different theological reflection models are developed and critiqued in this book, and their capacity to be developed in particular contexts is explored. This book does not stop at ministry, cultural and personal integration, but is bold enough to make recommendations for structural integration within the theological institution.