Practice What You Preach: Virtues, Ethics, and Power in the Lives of Pastoral Ministers and Their Congregations: Virtues, Ethics, and Power in the Lives of Pastoral Ministers and Their Congregations - Softcover

Keenan, Keenan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580510647 ISBN 13: 9781580510646

Publisher: Sheed & Ward, 1999

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

James F. Keenan, SJ, is Canisius Professor of Theology, director of the Jesuit Institute, and vice president of Global Engagement at Boston College. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including University Ethics: How Colleges Can Build and Benefit from a Culture of Ethics (2015), The Works of Mercy: The Heart of Catholicism (2017), A History of Catholic Theological Ethics (2022), and The Moral Life: Eight Lectures (2024).

Edition details

• Publisher: Sheed & Ward
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580510647
• ISBN 13: 9781580510646
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 350