The Pastor in a Secular Age

The Pastor in a Secular AgeA New Vision for Pastoral Ministry Today In Faith Formation in a Secular Age, the first book in his Ministry in a Secular Age trilogy, Andrew Root offered an alternative take on the issue of youth drifting away from the church and articulated how faith can be formed in our secular age. In The Pastor in a Secular Age, Root explores how this secular age has impacted the identity and practice of the pastor, obscuring his or her core vocation: to call and

and it offers an accessible approach to a perennial topic of concern that pastors

leading practical theologian Andrew Root delves into the problems of innovation

Although authored by a Christian scholar

Angela Carpenter integrates theology and social science to articulate a vision of human persons as constituted by gift rather than merit

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They also provide principles and accessible guidelines for biblical interpretation in global contexts

and practical youth ministry model

Critiquing our idolization of the values of classical Western liberalism

Foreword by William H

This insightful introduction gives postmodern readers

But how does it relate to the life of the church

historical setting