The Search for Compassion: Spirituality and Ministry

by Andrew Purves

Book Overview

The meaning of compassion is more than just sympathy, empathy, pity, and concern. Compassion has a theological meaning. In this book, Andrew Purves sees compassion as the center of pastoral care, holding theology, spirituality, and ministry together. He examines how a renewed compassion gives ministry shape and content which "grows out of the life of God, and God's care for the world."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664250653
• ISBN13: 9780664250652
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

a good book

This is one of the few books available that deals with the issue of compassion from a biblical perspective. If you're involved in ministry to the hurting, this book presents some good insights into the ministry of compassion.