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Clare wrote:
>When Ministers Sin, by Neil and Thea Ormerod. Should >be required
>reading, over and over again, for ministers, and laity not >excluded
>since they need to understand the power dynamics in >pastoral
>relationships too.
>And not only for clergy-parishioner relationships; the god->man
>relationship is HUGELY power-imbalanced and not to >understand that
>blinds believers to a lot of abusive theology.
Absolutely! Along the same lines there is an excellent Australian book by Paul & Libby Whetham titled "Hard to be Holy". The content is drawn from interviews with ministers and is quite an eye opener to the struggles, temptations and fers of the clergy.
Leo Perizzolo
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Date: 08/18/04 16:01:21
Subject: Re: 100 Books Every Pastor/Leaderr Should Read?
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