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Understanding the Diaconate : Historical, Theological, and Sociological Foundations / W. Shawn McKnight ; foreword by David W. Fagerberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKnight, W. Shawn, 1968- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--Doctrines.
- Catholic Church.
- Deacons--Catholic Church.
- Deacons.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- What is a deacon?More than fifty years since the restoration of the permanent diaconate by the Second Vatican Council, the office of deacon is still in need of greater specificity about its purpose and place within the mission and organizational structure of the Church.
- Contents:
- Theological foundations of the diaconate
- Biblical Diakonia
- The theology of the deacon in Lumen Gentium
- The diaconate as Medius Ordo
- Social mediation
- Social mediation and the people of God
- The witness of history
- Precedents for the deacon as social intermediary
- The transformation and decline of the diaconate
- The deacon today
- The deacon in the liturgy: an epiphany of service
- Evaluating the structure of diaconal ministry today
- Restructuring the diaconate as an intermediate institution.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-3036-5
- OCLC:
- 1040072562
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