Finding your way in seminary : what to expect, how to thrive / / David Mellott

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910136658503321
• Autore: Mellott David M.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Louisville, KY : , : Westminster John Knox Press, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-61164-760-6
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 230.071/173
• Soggetti: Theology - Study and teaching - United States; Theology - Study and teaching - Canada
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Searching for a meaningful life -- Envisioning your educational and vocational path -- Discerning and deciding -- Learning what you need to know for ministry -- Cultivating the practices of ministry -- Shaping an identity for ministry -- Learning while pastoring -- The job search process -- Applying to theological schools -- Funding your theological education.
• Sommario/riassunto: Those considering seminary, those in seminary, and those preparing to graduate from seminary need help. They need help discerning their call, moving into the bewildering world of theological study, and balancing the competing claims of school, work, and family. This book proposes to offer that help, and more, because the seminary eperience is...