Flourishing in Ministry
How to Cultivate Clergy Wellbeing
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2019
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-1896-2 (ISBN)
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-1896-2 (ISBN)
Studies consistently show that physical health among clergy is significantly worse than similar adults who are not in ministry. Flourishing in Ministry offers clergy and those who support them practical advice for not just surviving this grueling profession, but thriving.
Pastoral work can be stressful, tough, demanding, sometimes misunderstood, and often underappreciated and underpaid. Ministers devote themselves to caring for their congregations, often at the expense of caring for themselves. Studies consistently show that physical health among clergy is significantly worse than among adults who are not in ministry. Flourishing in Ministry offers clergy and those who support them practical advice for not just surviving this grueling profession, but thriving in it.
Matt Bloom, director of the Flourishing in Ministry project, shares groundbreaking research from more than a decade of study. Flourishing in Ministry project draws on more than five thousand surveys and three hundred in-depth interviews with clergy across denominations, ages, races, genders, and years of practice in ministry. It distills this deep research into easily understandable stages of flourishing that can be practiced at any stage in ministry or ministry formation.
Pastoral work can be stressful, tough, demanding, sometimes misunderstood, and often underappreciated and underpaid. Ministers devote themselves to caring for their congregations, often at the expense of caring for themselves. Studies consistently show that physical health among clergy is significantly worse than among adults who are not in ministry. Flourishing in Ministry offers clergy and those who support them practical advice for not just surviving this grueling profession, but thriving in it.
Matt Bloom, director of the Flourishing in Ministry project, shares groundbreaking research from more than a decade of study. Flourishing in Ministry project draws on more than five thousand surveys and three hundred in-depth interviews with clergy across denominations, ages, races, genders, and years of practice in ministry. It distills this deep research into easily understandable stages of flourishing that can be practiced at any stage in ministry or ministry formation.
Matt Bloom is the principal investigator on the Flourishing in Ministry project (funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc.) and the Faith and Flourishing at Work project (funded by Templetone Religion Trust). He is associate professor at the University of Notre Dame and director of the Wellbeing at Work project. Matt has studied and published academic and practitioner articles on wellbeing at work for more than twenty-five years.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Daily Wellbeing
2 Resilience
3 Authenticity: The Confident and Quiet Self
4 Thriving: Meaning, Purpose, and Connectedness
5 Pathways to Ministry
6 Living a Calling and Becoming a Pastor
7 Social Support
8 The “Stages” of Ministry
9 A Way Forward
References
Index
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 05.03.2019 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 151 x 230 mm |
| Gewicht | 231 g |
| Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik | |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5381-1896-3 / 1538118963 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5381-1896-2 / 9781538118962 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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