Paul as Pastor

<i>Paul as Pastor </i>demonstrates the critical nature of Paul's pastoral care to his identity and activities. Despite the fact that Paul never identifies himself as a pastor there is much within the Pauline letters that alludes to this as a possible aspect of Paul's vocation and commitments and this has been a topic of relative scholarly neglect. The contributors to this volume consider the household setting of Paul's pastoral practice the evidence of Acts and a survey of themes in each of the letters in the traditional Pauline corpus. Additionally three chapters supply case studies of the <i>Wirkungsgeschichte </i>of Paul's pastoral practice in the pastoral offices of the Anglican Communion in the denomination's <i>Ordinal </i>and in the lives and thought of Augustine of Hippo and George Whitfield. As such <i>Paul as Pastor </i>provides a stimulating resource on a neglected and critical dimension of Paul and his letters and an invaluable tool for those in pastoral ministry and those responsible for their training.