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Welcome to Theological Field Education!
Contributor(s): Floding, Matthew (Editor), Rose, Dudley C. (Foreword by), Floding, Matthew (Contribution by)

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 ISBN: 1566994071     ISBN-13: 9781566994071
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
OUR PRICE: $31.50  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Church - General
- Religion | Christian Ministry - Pastoral Resources
- Religion | Education
Dewey: 253.071
LCCN: 2010044050
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (0.70 lbs) 220 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
Features: Bibliography, Price on Product
 
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Field education is an opportunity for students to develop ministry skills, practice ministerial reflection, discern their call, experience professional collegiality, and undergo personal transformation. Field education offers them a place to practice ministry and a space to reflect on it, to integrate theory and practice, and grow towards competency. In Welcome to Theological Field Education eleven directors of field education in seminaries and divinity schools across North America pass on their wisdom to both students and their supervisors. Edited by Matthew Floding, director of field education at Western Seminary in Holland, Michigan, this volume covers critical topics such as the art of supervision and formation, the use of case studies and peer reflection groups, self-care and ministerial ethics, and assessment. Formation for ministry is especially challenging at this time in the church's life. First, the explosion of knowledge, pluralism, and consumerism and a host of other complicating factors make huge demands on what a minister must know to be effective in ministry. Second, with the erosion of thick religious subcultures, the novice minister has fewer sources of practical wisdom to draw upon. The next generation of ministers, if they are to be more fully formed for ministry, depends on skilled mentoring alongside wise supervisors. This book is the tool to help them make the most of their field education experience.
 
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