Diakonia studies : critical issues in ministry / John N. Collins

Author:: Collins, John N. (John Neil), 1931-
Published:: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource

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Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE Diakonia from the Nineteenth Century to Today -- 1.From δtakovia to Diakonia Today: Historical Aspects of Interpretation -- 2.Re-interpreting Diakonia in Germany: Anni Hentschel's Diakonia im Neuen Testament -- 3.The Problem with Values Carried by Diakonia/Diakonie in Recent Church Documents -- pt. TWO Diakonia in the Early Church -- 4.How Ancient Greeks Thought of Diakonia -- 5.Diakonia in the Teaching of Jesus -- 6.The Mediatorial Role of Paul as Minister/Diakonos -- 7.Ministry as Office -- 8.Ministry Among Gifts -- 9.Paul, Delegate to Jerusalem -- 10.The Diakonia of the Seven -- pt. THREE Toward Ministry for the Twenty-First Century -- 11.Theology of Ministry in the Twentieth Century: Ongoing Problems or New Orientations? -- 12.Ordained and Other Ministries: Making a Difference -- 13.Fitting Lay Ministries into a Theology of Ministry -- 14.Ties that Bind: Deacons Today in the Grip of Yesteryear.

Summary:

In this collection of papers John N. Collins closes his account on 40 years of involvement in linguistic research and argumentation concerning the nature and functioning of Christian ministry (diakonia). Using original philosophical and lexicographical research, This book offers an engaging conclusion to Collins's groundbreaking 1990 book 'Diakonia'.

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Pastoral theology—History

ISBN:

9780199384617 (ebook)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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