{"product_id":"the-pastor-as-public-theologian-reclaiming-a-lost-vision-paperback","title":"The Pastor as Public Theologian: Reclaiming a Lost Vision - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin J. Vanhoozer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eOwen Strachan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTop Ministry Book of 2015, The Gospel Coalition (TGC Editors' Picks)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMany pastors today see themselves primarily as counselors, leaders, and motivators. Yet this often comes at the expense of the fundamental reality of the pastorate as a theological office. The most important role is to be a theologian mediating God to the people. The church needs pastors who can contextualize biblical wisdom in Christian living to help their congregations think theologically about all aspects of their lives, such as work, end-of-life decisions, political involvement, and entertainment choices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on the Bible, key figures from church history, and Christian theology, this book offers a clarion call for pastors to serve as public theologians in their congregations and communities. It is designed to be engaging reading for busy pastors and includes pastoral reflections on the theological task from twelve working pastors, including Kevin DeYoung and Cornelius Plantinga.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany pastors today see themselves primarily as counselors, leaders, and motivators. Yet this often comes at the expense of the fundamental reality of the pastorate as a theological office. The most important role is to be a theologian mediating God to the people. The church needs pastors who can contextualize the Word of God to help their congregations think theologically about all aspects of their lives, such as work, end-of-life decisions, political involvement, and entertainment choices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on the depiction of pastors in the Bible, key figures from church history, and Christian theology, this brief and accessible book offers a clarion call for pastors to serve as public theologians in their congregations and communities. The church needs pastors to read the world in light of Scripture and to direct their congregations in ways of wisdom, shalom, and human flourishing. \u003ci\u003eThe Pastor as Public Theologian\u003c\/i\u003e calls for a paradigm shift in the very idea of what a pastor is and does, setting forth a positive alternative picture. It also includes pastoral reflections on the theological task from twelve working pastors.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An important, ringing call for working pastors and preachers\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a timely, more than timely--\u003ci\u003eurgent\u003c\/i\u003e--book. Kevin Vanhoozer, one of our leading theologians, protests the 'putting asunder' of theology by American pastors. A 'great chasm' has opened up as pastors, more often than not, abandon their vocations as theologians in their congregations for careers in which the secular culture calls all the shots. It was not always this way. Vanhoozer and Strachan skillfully fashion insight and discernment to bring us back to what the church ordained us to do.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eEugene H. Peterson\u003c\/b\u003e, Regent College, Vancouver; pastor emeritus, Christ Our King Presbyterian, Bel Air, Maryland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Preachers today must present biblical truth to people who are more and more resistant to it. The skillful preacher must understand something of the history of ideas and the baseline cultural narratives of our day in order even to be comprehensible to them. Not only that, but preachers in our cities must often speak to people from several diverse world cultures all at once. I've come to the conclusion that ministers need more robust theological education and training than they did when I came into the ministry forty years ago. This book is an important, ringing call for working pastors and preachers to exercise a higher level of theologically informed leadership in our churches.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eTim Keller\u003c\/b\u003e, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York City\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There's not much wrong with the practice of pastoral ministry that can't be cured by a good dose of theological refurbishment. This book gives strong impetus for construing the work of the pastor as authorized, energized, and sanctified by the pastor's theological commitments. A spirited, Spirit-filled book.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eWilliam Willimon\u003c\/b\u003e, Duke Divinity School; retired bishop, United Methodist Church\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For years I have told students that they were too smart for the academy, that they should stretch themselves with the harder intellectual work of the parish. And here I thought I was being original. Vanhoozer and Strachan show the original and eschatological unity of two things that modernity has tried to pull apart--the vital parish and the learned pastor. Suddenly the job seems harder and more blessed than ever.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eJason Byassee\u003c\/b\u003e, Vancouver School of Theology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin J. Vanhoozer\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, University of Cambridge) is research professor of systematic theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eIs There a Meaning in This Text? \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Drama of Doctrine\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eOwen Strachan\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is associate professor of Christian theology and director of the Center for Public Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 21, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53046529491277,"sku":"9781540961891","price":43.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/ytpL7HCYZ79781540961891.webp?v=1766390142","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-pastor-as-public-theologian-reclaiming-a-lost-vision-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}