The Search for Compassion: Spirituality and Ministry / Edition 1

by Andrew Purves

Overview

The meaning of compassion is more than just sympathy, empathy, pity, and concern. Compassion has a theological meaning. In this book, Andrew Purves sees compassion as the center of pastoral care, holding theology, spirituality, and ministry together. He examines how a renewed compassion gives ministry shape and content which "grows out of the life of God, and God's care for the world."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664250652
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	10/01/1989
Edition description:	1st ed
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.35(d)

About the Author

Andrew Purves is Professor of Reformed Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.