Women, Church, and Leadership: New Paradigms Essays in Honor of Jean Miller Schmidt

Name: Women, Church, and Leadership: New Paradigms Essays in Honor of Jean Miller Schmidt
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ISBN: 9781608999019

ISBN-10: 1608999017

ISBN-13: 9781608999019

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Authors: Eunjoo Mary Kim, Deborah Beth Creamer, Mary Elizabeth Moore

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This book is about leadership, a scholarly and pastoral response to the urgent demand for the renewal of the contemporary Christian church. It challenges readers to articulate the identity and vision of the church in new ways, and encourages them to revitalize their ministry with fresh insight and passion from women's perspectives. The eight essays written by female scholars in relation to various areas of theological study and the nine pastoral responses to the essays written by ministers from seven different denominations, based on their experiences of actual ministerial settings, provide new paradigms of church leadership--theologically profound, practically relevant, and historically…

Book details

Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Eunjoo Mary Kim is associate professor of homiletics and director of the Doctor of Ministry program at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado, and is an ordained Presbyterian minister. Dr. Kim has written numerous articles and has published three books, Preaching the Presence of God: A Homiletic from the Asian American Perspective; Women Preaching: Theology and Practice Through the Ages ; and Preaching in an Age of Globalization.

Mary Elizabeth Moore is Dean of the School of Theology at Boston University. Moore is an ordained deacon in the United Methodist Church and is the author of several books, including Ministering with the Earth from Chalice Press.



Foreword



Preface



Acknowledgments


List of Contributors


Introduction




Women and Church



From Side Street to Main Street: American Methodism in Social Contexts



Pastoral Response




Inclusive Ecclesiology: A New Model of Hospitality



Pastoral Response




Holy Spirit, Communities of Faith, and Leadership



Pastoral Response




Women and Ministry



Preaching as an Art of Shared Leadership



Pastoral Response




Drag and Other Practices of Unauthorized Leadership: GLBT Persons Working for Social Change in the Church



Pastoral Response




Leading with Grace: Authentic Leadership in the Church



Pastoral Response




Women's Experiences and Intercultural Spiritual Care



Pastoral Response




Women and Scripture



Zion as Refuge: A Metaphor with Implications for the Church in the Postmodern World



Pastoral Response



Pastoral Response



Scripture Index


Subject Index