Ministry Among Students
A Pastoral Theology and Handbook for Practice
by Simon Robinson
Paperback
Price: £14.99
Publisher:Canterbury Press imprint of Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd
Published:Summer 2004
ISBN:1-853-11582-7
GoodBookStall Review:
This handbook is primarily about Chaplaincy in universities, yet it is so thorough that it manages to cover the dual use of being a reference work and a lively survey of student culture. Throughout the book Robinson is concise, reflective, theological and sensitive to different traditions. He provides outlines of different approaches and litters the text with examples to illustrate the theory. This contributes to a lightness of style that makes the book readable and engaging. Robinson concludes that the work of a Chaplain is priestly, pastoral and prophetic. And on the latter point he exemplifies a talent demonstrated elsewhere in the book for putting into words and describing structures for some of those areas of ministry among students that are subtle and hard to pin down. Every University Chaplain should buy this book. Anyone with an interest in this ministry would find it valuable.
Reviewer: Naomi Nixon (21/08/04)
This handbook is primarily about Chaplaincy in universities, yet it is so thorough that it manages to cover the dual use of being a reference work and a lively survey of student culture. Throughout the book Robinson is concise, reflective, theological and sensitive to different traditions. He provides outlines of different approaches and litters the text with examples to illustrate the theory. This contributes to a lightness of style that makes the book readable and engaging. Robinson concludes that the work of a Chaplain is priestly, pastoral and prophetic. And on the latter point he exemplifies a talent demonstrated elsewhere in the book for putting into words and describing structures for some of those areas of ministry among students that are subtle and hard to pin down. Every University Chaplain should buy this book. Anyone with an interest in this ministry would find it valuable.
Reviewer: Naomi Nixon (21/08/04)
