A Ministry of Discernment: The Bishop and the Sense of the Faithful Contributor(s): Osheim, Amanda C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814683193 ISBN-13: 9780814683194 Publisher: Liturgical Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Ecclesiology - Religion | Christian Church - Administration - Religion | Clergy |
Dewey: 262.122 |
LCCN: 2016007168 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 244 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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Publisher Description: Both the faithful and bishops are called to learn and to teach. Empowered by the Holy Spirit, the faithful of the local church witness to the apostolic tradition with their lives, and so are teachers. Learning to receive and respond to the sense of the faithful is an essential way the bishop grows in his personal ability to teach the church s faith in authentic and meaningful ways. How is the bishop s ministry of discernment formed by spirituality, and what structures strengthen it? Ignatian spirituality and the structures of discernment in the Society of Jesus model ways for bishops to cultivate discernment as a spiritual habit and provide insight for renovating diocesan structures to incorporate discerning dialogue with the faithful. In "A Ministry of Discernment, " Amanda Osheim moves from ecclesiological theory to imagining spiritual practices and church structures in the hope of contributing not only to the academic conversation about the "sensus fidelium" but also to the ways the church practically lives out our response to the Holy Spirit." |
Contributor Bio(s): Osheim, Amanda C.: - Amanda C. Osheim, PhD, is associate professor of practical theology at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, where she is presently the Endowed Professor of the Breitbach Catholic Thinkers and Leaders program. She earned her doctoral degree in systematic theology from Boston College and is a contributor at Daily Theology. |