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In very practical and helpful terms, Rosalind Brown explores what
it means to be a deacon in today's church. All too often the time
spent as a deacon is seen simply as the prelude to priestly
ordination. Yet the Bible defines three orders of ministry -deacon,
priest, and bishop - each with its own distinctive characteristics
and responsibilities. In Being A Deacon Today, Brown explores the
three places where deacons minister (the church, the world, and at
the margins), the three strands of their ministry (in liturgy, in
pastoral care, and as catechists), and the three actions of their
ministry (praying, loving, and remembering). This book, excellent
for classroom use and for transitional and permanent deacons, will
restore a fuller understanding of the diaconal ministry and nurture
deacons in their work and spiritual life."
A vital tool for every member of the body of Christ. Servant
Leadership In The Twenty-First Century is written from an
Armourbearer's perspective, but the principles can be applied from
the pulpit to the parking lot. Since we are all called to serve,
you will gain greater insight and understanding into the ministry
of an Armourbearer as well as your own ministry. Servant Leadership
In The Twenty-First Century develops spiritual maturity in the
believer's life. For any ministry to grow and be effective it must
have faithful servant leaders.
Huston Smith is recognized and revered as the preeminent teacher of
world religions while being a prolific author and scholar. His
bestselling "The World's Religions," sold more than two million
copies and is still the most popular introduction to comparative
religion. Huston Smith followed a lifelong spiritual quest that led
him around the world many times. He studied the world's religions
and mystical traditions directly with Aldous Huxley, D.T. Suzuki,
J. Krishnamurti, Alan Watts, Paul Tillich, Reinhold Niebuhr, the
Dalai Lama, Joseph Campbell, Ram Dass, and a host of others.
Huston, as a renowned philosopher of religion, taught at Washington
University, M.I.T., Syracuse University, and the University of
California-Berkeley, and during his career helped shape the
contemporary face of comparative religion, interfaith dialogue, and
religious tolerance. As a seeker, he became a citizen of the world,
plunging into its various spiritual traditions. His many insights
and adventures fill this compelling and edifying book, the
authorized biography of a 21st-century spiritual giant.
This volume attempts to put the clergy in the context of the issues
and debates of the nineteenth century, treating the social history
of the clergy, the repeated attempts to reform it, and the impact
of these reforms on the structure and outlook of rank-and file
parish clergy. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy
Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make
available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished
backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton
Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly
heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton
University Press since its founding in 1905.
Today's organizational environment is characterized by high levels
of cross-cultural, cross-national, and cross-religious
communication, conflict, collaboration, and commerce. This
environment produces myriad encounters between individuals who
embrace different ideologies, religions and spiritual practices. As
such, unanswered (and even unasked) questions about management,
spirituality, and religion abound. This book, seeks to advance our
understanding by asking the big questions. Blessed are Those Who
Ask the Questions: What Should We be Asking About Management,
Spirituality, and Religion in Organizations? is intended to be
provocative in nature. Its chapters address novel ways that
leadership, organizations, and organizational stakeholders mutually
impact each other by their similarities and differences in
religious, spiritual, and ideological traditions, cultures, and
practices. Interdisciplinary in nature and firmly grounded in
scholarly literature, this book identifies and maps out bold new
trajectories for advancing the study of management spirituality,
and religion (including but going far beyond Western, Christian
conceptualizations of religion). Sometimes universal, sometimes
quite specific, this volume identifies unexplored, underexplored,
or unresolved issues in the field and proposes new streams of
research. Diverse conceptual, empirical, theoretical, and critical
treatments that honor a variety of inquiry styles and research
methods push the boundaries of MSR research.
Today's organizational environment is characterized by high levels
of cross-cultural, cross-national, and cross-religious
communication, conflict, collaboration, and commerce. This
environment produces myriad encounters between individuals who
embrace different ideologies, religions and spiritual practices. As
such, unanswered (and even unasked) questions about management,
spirituality, and religion abound. This book, seeks to advance our
understanding by asking the big questions. Blessed are Those Who
Ask the Questions: What Should We be Asking About Management,
Spirituality, and Religion in Organizations? is intended to be
provocative in nature. Its chapters address novel ways that
leadership, organizations, and organizational stakeholders mutually
impact each other by their similarities and differences in
religious, spiritual, and ideological traditions, cultures, and
practices. Interdisciplinary in nature and firmly grounded in
scholarly literature, this book identifies and maps out bold new
trajectories for advancing the study of management spirituality,
and religion (including but going far beyond Western, Christian
conceptualizations of religion). Sometimes universal, sometimes
quite specific, this volume identifies unexplored, underexplored,
or unresolved issues in the field and proposes new streams of
research. Diverse conceptual, empirical, theoretical, and critical
treatments that honor a variety of inquiry styles and research
methods push the boundaries of MSR research.
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