Re-Calling Ministry

by James E. Dittes, Donald Capps (Editor)

Overview

In the press of everyday considerations, pastors sometimes forget why they chose to be ministers in the first place. James E. Dittes reminds and offers honest, poetic observations on the predicament, the pressure, the particularity, and the presence of ministry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781725227903
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	04/01/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	37 MB
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About the Author

James E. Dittes (1926-2009) was professor of pastoral theology and psychology, Yale University Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut.
James E. Dittes is Professor of the Psychology of Religion at Yale University, President of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and the author of numerous books and articles. He brings to his discussion a comprehensive review of research findings, incisive psychological analysis, and sensitive theological insight.
Donald Capps (1939-2015) was William Harte Felmeth Professor of Pastoral Theology (Emeritus) and Adjunct Professor at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author of Striking Out (Cascade Books, 2011), At Home in the World (Cascade Books, 2013), Still Growing (Cascade Books, 2014), and The Resourceful Self (Cascade Books, 2014). He is coauthor with Nathan Carlin of Living in Limbo (Cascade Books, 2010) and The Gift of Sublimation (Cascade Books, 2015).

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Clergy who read this book will wonder how Jim Dittes knows all about them without ever having met them. Congregations who read it may better understand the moodiness of their clergy. By telling the truth about the guaranteed griefs of parish ministry, Dittes seems to be describing a vocation gone wrong. Instead, he makes a case for how right it is to yield to a calling that will bring pain to the soul. This is rock-bottom good news for all who have done just that and ample reason for others to join them."
— Barbara Brown Taylor, Piedmont College

"Re-Calling Ministry is not a book for persons wanting ten easy steps for successful ministry or expecting seven healthy habits for spirituality. James Dittes is a theological poet who meditates on the biblical and pastoral meanings of ministry and engages the reflective practitioner of ministry in probing the deeper meanings of the vocation. His writings escape typical time boundaries as a multiplicity of ministerial metaphors tumble from his essays."
— Donald E. Messer, The Iliff School of Theology

Editorial Reviews

"Clergy who read this book will wonder how Jim Dittes knows all about them without ever having met them. Congregations who read it may better understand the moodiness of their clergy. By telling the truth about the guaranteed griefs of parish ministry, Dittes seems to be describing a vocation gone wrong. Instead, he makes a case for how right it is to yield to a calling that will bring pain to the soul. This is rock-bottom good news for all who have done just that and ample reason for others to join them."
— Barbara Brown Taylor, Piedmont College

"Re-Calling Ministry is not a book for persons wanting ten easy steps for successful ministry or expecting seven healthy habits for spirituality. James Dittes is a theological poet who meditates on the biblical and pastoral meanings of ministry and engages the reflective practitioner of ministry in probing the deeper meanings of the vocation. His writings escape typical time boundaries as a multiplicity of ministerial metaphors tumble from his essays."
— Donald E. Messer, The Iliff School of Theology

From the Publisher