Mentoring: Biblical, Theological, and Practical Perspectives

by Dean K. Thompson (Editor), D, Cameron Murchison (Editor), Jill Duffield (Foreword by), Martin E. Marty (Afterword)

Overview

Positive mentoring relationships are held to be essential to the formation of strong Christian leaders—but why? How can theological and biblical insights inform mentoring relationships? And what do these vital relationships look like across a range of Christian experience? 

Opening multiple angles of vision on the practice of mentoring, Dean K. Thompson and D. Cameron Murchison here present a group of eminent scholars who explore mentoring from biblical-theological perspectives, within the context of diverse national and international communities, and across generations.

CONTRIBUTORS:

David L. Bartlett 
Walter Brueggemann 
Katie Geneva Cannon 
Thomas W. Currie 
Cristian De La Rosa 
Jill Duffield 
Elizabeth Hinson Hasty 
Luke Timothy Johnson 
Kwok Pui Lan 
Thomas G. Long 
Melva Lowry
Martin E. Marty 
Rebekah Miles 
D. Cameron Murchison 
Camille Cook Murray 
Rodger Nishioka 
Douglas Ottati 
Alton B. Pollard III 
Cynthia L. Rigby 
Dean K. Thompson 
Theodore J. Wardlaw

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802874993
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	05/01/2018
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dean K. Thompson is president and professor of ministry emeritus at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

D. Cameron Murchison is professor of ministry emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary, where he also served as dean of faculty and executive vice president.

Table of Contents

Foreword Jill Duffield ix

Introductioin Dean K. Thompson D. Cameron Murchison 1

Part I Biblical Perspectives

1 Mentoring in the Old Testament Walter Brueggemann 7

2 Mentoring in the New Testament David L. Bartlett 23

Part 2 Theological Perspectives

3 Theological - Pastoral Perspectives on Mentoring Thomas W. Currie 39

4 Preacher as Mentor Thomas G. Long 55

5 Ethical Perspectives on Mentoring Rebekah Miles 69

6 Expanding the Perimeters of Feminist Mentoring Cynthia L. Rigby 85

Part 3 Diverse National and International Communities of Mentoring

7 Mentoring Magnificent Men - African American Perspectives Alton B. Pollard III 101

8 Womanist Mentoring - African American Perspectives Katie G. Cannon 118

9 Mentoring in the Roman Catholic Tradition Luke Timothy Johnson 136

10 Mentoring New Generations of Latin@ Leaders Cristian De La Rosa 148

11 Mentoring Perspectives from East Asia Kwok Pui-lan 164

Part 4 Generational Mentoring

12 Building Intentional, Demanding, Mutual Relationships for the Mentoring of Youth Rodger Nishioka Melva Lowry 181

13 Mentoring toward a Humane Disposition, Attitude, and Imagination Douglas Ottati Elizabeth Hinson - Hasty 195

14 Cross - Generational Mentoring Theodore J. Warplaw Camille Cook Murray 211

Afterword Martin E. Marty 223

Contributors 238

Index 243

Editorial Reviews

Patrick D. Miller
— Princeton Theological Seminary
“Created and edited by two well-recognized mentors and former mentees, this book offers far-reaching analyses and reflections on the universal practice—but also virtue and art—of mentoring. From helpful rules and principles to concrete examples and illustrations, the authors provide a rich handbook on ways and aspects of mentoring. Readers will find themselves resonating with the stories and lessons learned and greatly helped on their own life journeys.”

Michael L. Lindvall
— The Brick Presbyterian Church, New York City
“I have served three congregations that offered mentoring programs for seminarians. Those programs varied from informal to highly structured. In all three churches, I came to understand that I was, happily, not the only mentor. Certain congregational members—some younger and some older—were often the most effective mentors to the seminarians who were passing through. How I wish I might have had this magnificent collection of essays, both to read myself and to pass around my congregations. Thompson and Murchison have gathered a wonderfully diverse assortment of wise mentors to reflect on what it means to be mentored and to mentor others faithfully.”

Shannon Johnson Kershner
— Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago
“I was surprised to realize this was the first book I have ever read about the power of mentoring. Yet I cannot imagine reading a better one. Thompson and Murchison have pulled together an amazingly rich, diverse collection of perspectives on the skills and gifts of both being a mentor and receiving that kind of guidance. The pages of my copy are now earmarked and underlined. I have no doubt I will keep coming back to it. While I was surprised that this was my first book to read about mentoring, I was not surprised that Thompson and Murchison were behind it. They have both been my mentors for a long time now. They practice what they preach.

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