Bibliographical details:
Ballard, P. H., and S. R. Holmes, eds. (2005). The Bible in Pastoral Practice: Readings in the Place and Function of Scripture in the Church. Using the Bible in Pastoral Practice. London: Darton, Longman & Todd.
Publisher’s details:
The Bible is at the heart of Christian life and witness. All traditions see it as the primary record of the saving events of the Gospel and as embodying the normative, apostolic interpretation of the faith. Thus down the centuries the understanding and interpretation of the Bible has been formative for Christian belief and practice.
There is, however, a real and deep problem. Despite the teaching given in university and seminary the actual use of the Bible in spiritual development, pastoral discussion and even sermon is often simplistic and naive. Moreover it is often difficult to see how to link the biblical text into pastoral conversation, with the result that the Bible is simply set aside or used inappropriately.
In seeking to address these issues, this groundbreaking volume presents a series of chapters by experts in various fields. For each the issues raised in scholarly analysis are also relevant to contemporary Christian concerns and by drawing on the current approaches to the Bible found among biblical scholars and practical theologians they succeed in providing a major resource for those concerned with bringing the Bible back into the centre of pastoral practice.
Essential reading for all those studying and working in the field of pastoral theology, The Bible in Pastoral Practice will equip practitioners and scholars alike with critical and imaginative ideas for using the Bible today.
Table of contents:
Series Preface … vii
Stephen Pattison (Cardiff University) and David Spriggs (Bible Society)
Acknowledgements … ix
List of Contributors … xi
General Introduction: the underlying issues, challenges and possibilities … xiii
Paul Ballard and Stephen R. Holmes
Part I: Listening to the Tradition
Introduction … 1
1. The Church before the Bible … 5
Christine Trevett
2. The Patristic hermeneutic heritage … 25
Lewis Ayres
3. The Eastern Orthodox tradition for today … 42
Demetrios Bathrellos
4. The medieval experience … 59
Roger Ellis
5. The impact of the Reformation and emerging modernism … 78
Carl Trueman
6. From Schleiermacher to Barth: meeting the challenge of critical scholarship … 97
Hueston Finlay
Part II: The Problems Posed by Contemporary Biblical Scholarship
Introduction 117
7. The gifts and challenges of historical and literary criticism … 121
John Rogerson
8. In front of the text: the quest of hermeneutics … 135
Craig Bartholomew
9. The re-emergence of Scripture: post-liberalism … 153
Walter Brueggemann
10. Contextual and advocacy readings of the Bible … 174
Zoë Bennett and Christopher Rowland
Part III: The Bible and Pastoral Theology and Practice
Introduction … 191
11. The Bible and pastoral care … 195
Herbert Anderson
12. The Church as ethical community … 212
John Colwell
13. The Bible, worship and pastoral care … 225
David Lyall
14. The Scriptures in preaching … 241
Michael Quicke
15. The Bible in evangelical spirituality … 258
Derek Tidball
16. Ignatius Loyola, prayer and Scripture … 275
Philip Endean
17. Bible, music and pastoral theology … 286
Pamela Couture
18. The Bible and the arts … 296
Gail Ricciuti
Index of Biblical References and Names 305
Index of Names and Subjects 310
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