Eccentric Ministry: Pastoral Care and Leadership in the Parish – Christopher Moody

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I thought this was one of the most important and influential books on Pastoral Care. I highly commend it to anyone wanting to engage in the Pastoral Care of their parishioners.

Christopher Moody addresses the lack of clarity and certainty about the pastoral role of the clergy by recovering a deeper and more biblical understanding of the role. He explores the relationship between pastoral care and authority, concluding that there is a need for pastors to re-join the community and to identify with the people in it.This involves a movement away from some current professional models towards a positive evaluation of the diversity of religious experience and perspectives among the churched and unchurched alike.