The Pastor in a Secular Age

In Faith Formation in a Secular Age, the first book in his Ministry in a
Secular Age trilogy, Andrew Root offered an alternative take on the issue of
youth drifting away from the church and articulated how faith can be formed in
our secular age. In The Pastor in a Secular Age, Root explores how this secular
age has impacted the identity and practice of the pastor, obscuring his or her
core vocation: to call and assist others into the experience of ministry.
Using examples of pastors throughout history--from Augustine and Jonathan
Edwards to Martin Luther King Jr. and Nadia Bolz-Weber--Root shows how pastors
have both perpetuated and responded to our secular age. Root turns to Old
Testament texts and to the theology of Robert Jenson to explain how pastors can
regain the important role of attending to people's experiences of divine
action, offering a new vision for pastoral ministry today.
Series: Ministry in a Secular Age, volume two.