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The Integrity of the Body of Christ
Boundary Keeping as Shared Responsibility|
31,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Wipf And Stock Publishers |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 23.05.2016 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781498235372 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 236 |
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For religious communities to have integrity and credibility they must flourish as places of love and respect. Every aspect of church life is defined and protected by essential boundaries: boundaries around space, time, thought, speech, will, emotion, and behavior--both for clergy and church members. Lack of awareness and attention to boundary keeping diminishes the integrity of the church and harms its mission, whereas insight and vigilance about best practices lend freedom and energy to the calling of the church to care for others and to reach out to the world. In a flourishing Christian community, a wide array of boundaries must be recognized, celebrated, and navigated--from the boundaries that define and protect us as individual persons to role boundaries and the boundaries that define essential communal functions, such as worship.
This book is no conventional account of boundaries. It takes a comprehensive approach to the challenge of understanding and creating healthy boundaries. It applies the lessons from the emerging field of behavioral ethics to the rich and rewarding complexity of boundaries in church life, helping us to be more loving and responsible in how we think, speak, and act, so that the church can be true to its identity and mission.
This book is no conventional account of boundaries. It takes a comprehensive approach to the challenge of understanding and creating healthy boundaries. It applies the lessons from the emerging field of behavioral ethics to the rich and rewarding complexity of boundaries in church life, helping us to be more loving and responsible in how we think, speak, and act, so that the church can be true to its identity and mission.
Craig L. Nessan is Professor of Contextual Theology and Ethics and Academic Dean at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. He is the author of
<i>Beyond Maintenance to Mission</i> (2nd ed., 2010),
<i>Shalom Church</i> (2010), and
<i>The Vitality of Liberation Theology</i> (Pickwick, 2012).
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<br> Arden Mahlberg is a practicing psychologist whose career has focused on the interface between psychotherapy and spirituality with the purpose of helping increase people's capacity for doing good in the world. With a substantial part of his counseling and consulting practice being with clergy, he has written extensively for clergy wellness publications. He has done research and writing questioning the bipolar assumption in Jungian personality theory and received a Terrytown Prize for his test of a new theory of archetypes.
<i>Beyond Maintenance to Mission</i> (2nd ed., 2010),
<i>Shalom Church</i> (2010), and
<i>The Vitality of Liberation Theology</i> (Pickwick, 2012).
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<br> Arden Mahlberg is a practicing psychologist whose career has focused on the interface between psychotherapy and spirituality with the purpose of helping increase people's capacity for doing good in the world. With a substantial part of his counseling and consulting practice being with clergy, he has written extensively for clergy wellness publications. He has done research and writing questioning the bipolar assumption in Jungian personality theory and received a Terrytown Prize for his test of a new theory of archetypes.
"A meticulously crafted volume that addresses the complexities and subtleties of 'boundaries' for the people of God engaged in ministry. The theological perspective of the authors informs their analysis and proposed solutions to ensure that the integrity of the body of Christ remains intact as experienced in the daily interactions of the people of God."
<br> --Robert H. Albers, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Pastoral Theology (retired), United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
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<br> "Nessan and Mahlberg go after an unglamorous topic--boundary keeping--and refashion it to attract the attention of any serious Christian. Dispelling the notion that boundaries are mostly about constraint, these two scholars take down the yellow police tape that often encircles our imagination. They open up whole new worlds for our understanding of what it means to live moral lives grounded in integrity."
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<br> --Peter W. Marty, Pastor, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Davenport, IA
<br> --Robert H. Albers, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Pastoral Theology (retired), United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
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<br> "Nessan and Mahlberg go after an unglamorous topic--boundary keeping--and refashion it to attract the attention of any serious Christian. Dispelling the notion that boundaries are mostly about constraint, these two scholars take down the yellow police tape that often encircles our imagination. They open up whole new worlds for our understanding of what it means to live moral lives grounded in integrity."
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<br> --Peter W. Marty, Pastor, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Davenport, IA
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