Practicing Care in Rural Congregations and Communities : /

Show other versions (1)

Pastoral care in rural communities is different from care in other locales. Despite these differences, rural churches and communities also hold a particular wisdom from which the rest of the church might benefit. Small towns and rural areas have particular challenges, and in seeking to live out the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Hoeft, Jeanne M. (Author), Marshall, Joretta L. (Author), Jung, L. Shannon (Loyle Shannon), 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2013
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rural population > United States > Social conditions.
Rural population > Religious life > United States.
Pastoral care.
Rural clergy > United States.
Rural churches > United States.
United States > Rural conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Care shaped by place
  • Care engaging community
  • Care intersecting with leadership
  • Care responding to diversity
  • Rural poverty, class, and care
  • Rural violence and care
  • Rural health and wholeness
  • Learning from rural communities and congregations.

Similar Items