Percy, Emma.
Mothering as a metaphor for ministry / by Emma Percy. - Surrey : Ashgate, c2014. - 174 pages ; 24 cm - Ashgate contemporary ecclesiology .
Part I: Exploring Ministry. Ministry: Ontology and Function -- Ministry: Relationship and Grace -- Maternal Imagery for Clergy in the Christian Tradition -- Part II: Mothering: Gender, Theory and Practice. Mothering: Gender and Culture -- Mothering: Questions of Instinct and Inter-Subjectivity -- Mothering as a Practice -- Part III: Mothering as a Metaphor for Ministry. Using Mothering to Think about Ministry -- The Virtue of Humility and the Issue of Power -- Using Maternal Language to Articulate Aspects of Parish Ministry: Some Examples.
9781409466918 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1409466914 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Pastoral theology--Church of England.
Pastoral theology--Anglican Communion.
Church work--Church of England.
Church work--Anglican Communion.
Motherhood--Religious aspects--Church of England
Motherhood--Religious aspects--Anglican Communion
Mothering as a metaphor for ministry / by Emma Percy. - Surrey : Ashgate, c2014. - 174 pages ; 24 cm - Ashgate contemporary ecclesiology .
Part I: Exploring Ministry. Ministry: Ontology and Function -- Ministry: Relationship and Grace -- Maternal Imagery for Clergy in the Christian Tradition -- Part II: Mothering: Gender, Theory and Practice. Mothering: Gender and Culture -- Mothering: Questions of Instinct and Inter-Subjectivity -- Mothering as a Practice -- Part III: Mothering as a Metaphor for Ministry. Using Mothering to Think about Ministry -- The Virtue of Humility and the Issue of Power -- Using Maternal Language to Articulate Aspects of Parish Ministry: Some Examples.
9781409466918 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1409466914 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Pastoral theology--Church of England.
Pastoral theology--Anglican Communion.
Church work--Church of England.
Church work--Anglican Communion.
Motherhood--Religious aspects--Church of England
Motherhood--Religious aspects--Anglican Communion