Record Number |
1751781 |
ISBN |
9780802874993 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Title |
Mentoring : biblical, theological, and practical perspectives / edited by Dean K. Thompson and D. Cameron Murchison. |
Published |
Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, [2018] |
©2018 |
Description |
xi, 244 pages ; 23 cm. |
Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Part 1 Biblical Perspectives -- 1. Mentoring in the Old Testament / Walter Brueggemann -- 2. Mentoring in the New Testament / David L. Bartlett -- |
Part 2 Theological Perspectives -- 3. Theological-Pastoral Perspectives on Mentoring / Thomas W. Currie -- 4. Preacher as Mentor / Thomas G. Long -- 5. Ethical Perspectives on Mentoring / Rebekah Miles -- 6. Expanding the Perimeters of Feminist Mentoring / Cynthia L. Rigby -- |
Part 3 Diverse National and International Communities of Mentoring -- 7. Mentoring Magnificent Men---African American Perspectives / Alton B. Pollard -- 8. Womanist Mentoring---African American Perspectives / Katie G. Cannon -- 9. Mentoring in the Roman Catholic Tradition / Luke Timothy Johnson -- 10. Mentoring New Generations of Latin@ Leaders / Cristian De La Rosa -- 11. Mentoring Perspectives from East Asia / Kwok Pui-lan -- |
Part 4 Generational Mentoring -- 12. Building Intentional, Demanding, Mutual Relationships for the Mentoring of Youth / Melva Lowry -- 13. Mentoring toward a Humane Disposition, Attitude, and Imagination / Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty -- 14. Cross-Generational Mentoring / Camille Cook Murray. |
Summary |
Positive mentoring relationships are held to be essential to the formation of strong Christian leaders - but why? How can theological and biblical insights inform mentoring relationships? And what do these vital relationships look like across a range of Christian experience? Opening multiple angles of vision on the practice of mentoring, Dean K. Thompson and D. Cameron Murchison here present a group of eminent scholars who explore mentoring from biblical-theological perspectives, within the context of diverse national and international communities, and across generations -- back cover. |
Subjects |
Mentoring -- Religious aspects -- Christianity |
Added Names |
Thompson, Dean K. editor. |
Murchison, D. Cameron, Jr. editor. |
Unit Reading List |
Foundations of Christian Mentoring (PC112-508) |