Practice What You Preach: Virtues, Ethics, and Power in the Lives of Pastoral Ministers and Their Congregations / Edition 1

by James F. Keenan, SJ Boston College, Joseph Kotva

Overview

Calling for accountability, Practice What You Preach discusses ethical questions that arise in congregations and pastoral leadership. Formation of pastors, empowering leaders, resolving power struggles between clergy and laity—these and other critical pastoral issues are addressed by an ecumenical group of contributors. Divided into four parts: the way the churches train their pastors; the way their pastors live; the way communities worship; and the way communities behave, this collection identifies and offers positive solutions to areas where churches are often slow to change. Each essay begins with a case describing a typical problem—from wages to in-fighting—and then discusses what virtues or character traits might be developed to resolve the problem effectively.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580510646
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/01/1999
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	337
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.52(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

James F. Keenan, S.J., has an S.T.D. from the Gregorian University and currently teaches at Weston Jesuit, where he is professor of moral theology and director of the doctoral program. Rev. Joseph J. Kotva Jr., is pastor of First Mennonite Church in Allentown, Pennsylvania, which regularly holds regional ecumenical discussions. He holds a doctorate in Theology and Ethics from Fordham University, has published several articles, and is the author of The Christian Case for Virtue Ethics.

Editorial Reviews

This is to be welcomed as an ecumenical, pragmatic text truly putting flesh on the virtue ethics movement.

New Theology Review