The Bible in pastoral practice : readings in the place and function of Scripture in the church / editors, Paul Ballard and Stephen R. Holmes ; consultants, William Elkins ... [et al.] - Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2006. - xxiii, 316 p. ; 24 cm.

Originally published: London : Darton, Longman and Todd, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

General introduction: the underlying issues, challenges and possibilities / Paul Ballard and Stephen R. Holmes -- Part I: Listening to the tradition -- The church before the Bible / Christine Trevett -- The patristic hermeneutic heritage / Lewis Ayres -- The eastern orthodox tradition for today / Demetrios Bathrellos -- The medieval experience / Roger Ellis -- The impact of the Reformation and emerging modernism / Carl Trueman -- From Schleiermacher to Barth : meeting the challenge of critical scholarship / Hueston Finlay -- Part II: The problems posed by contemporary biblical scholarship -- The gifts and challenges of historical and literary criticism / John Rogerson -- In front of the text : the quest of hermeneutics / Craig Bartholomew -- The re-emergence of Scripture : post-liberalism / Walter Brueggemann -- Contextual and advocacy readings of the Bible / Zoe Bennett and Christopher Rowland -- Part III: The Bible and pastoral theology and practice -- The Bible and pastoral care / Herbert Anderson -- The church as ethical community / John Colwell -- The Bible, worship and pastoral care / David Lyall -- The scriptures in preaching / Michael Quicke -- The Bible in evangelical spirituality / Derek Tidball -- Ignatius Loyola, prayer and Scripture / Philip Endean -- Bible, music and pastoral theology / Pamela Couture -- The Bible and the arts / Gail Ricciuti.

080283115X (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780802831156

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Bible--Use.


Pastoral theology.

BS538.3 / .B53 2005

220.1/3