A Teachable Spirit

Name: A Teachable Spirit
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ISBN: 9780664250799

By: Richard Robert Osmer

Westminster John Knox Press / 1990 / Paperback

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(PUBWestminster/John Knox)''A substantive account of the importance of the teaching office in Christian History, as well as an intriguing model for its recovery,''---Christian Century. ''Are churches offering their members a compelling vision of the Christian life? Does theology really have anything to do with life inside and outside of the congregation? Good material for denominational study, an adult church school class, or the seminary classroom,''---Presbyterian Survey.

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Title: A Teachable Spirit
By: Richard Robert Osmer
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 298
Vendor: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 1990

Dimensions: 6 X 9 X 1 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 1 ounce
ISBN: 0664250793
ISBN-13: 9780664250799
Stock No: WW50793

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Richard Robert Osmer provides a strong understanding of the teaching office, which is a part of Reformation heritage. He discusses why the teaching office is important in mainline churches. This book in unique because it includes seminaries, representative bodies, theologians, and church leaders as part of the teaching office.

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Richard Robert Osmer is Thomas W. Synnott Professor of Christian Education and Director of the School of Christian Education at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he is the author of Confirmation: Presbyterian Practices in Ecumenical Perspective, Teaching for Faith, and A Teachable Spirit.