Today's Deacon: Contemporary Issues and Cross-currents : the National Association of Diaconate Directors Keynote Addresses, 2005

ISBN-10: 0809143992
ISBN-13: 9780809143993
Category: Religion
Pages: 94
Language: English
Published: 2006
Publisher: Paulist Press
Authors: National Association of Diaconate Directors. Convention, Alfred Clifton Hughes, Frederick F. Campbell

Description

An archbishop, a bishop and a deacon hold forth on contemporary issues relevant to the Order of Deacons, in particular the theology of "Restorative Justice" and the impact and implantation of the New National Directory for the Life of Permanent Deacons.

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