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Titles by: Andrew Purves

Author: Andrew Purves

Andrew Purves is Professor of Reformed Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

A Passion for the Gospel 
Confessing Jesus Christ for the 21st Century
By P. Mark Achtemeier, Andrew Purves
These essays and sermons articulate the basics of the Christian faith and are by some of the best-known evangelical voices in the Presbyterian Church today. The main ideas in these essays are congruent with the basic theology contained in "Union in C...
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Encountering God 
Christian Faith in Turbulent Times
By Charles Partee, Andrew Purves
In this helpful introduction, the authors focus on the basic issues of Christian Faith as filtered through contemporary experience: the mystery of faith, justification and sanctification, salvation, sin, the sacraments, hope, and joy. Ideal for group...
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By Andrew Purves
Too often pastoral care is uninformed by historical practice and is overly influenced by psychological theory and practice, according to Andrew Purves. At least one consequence of this is that it is often disaffiliated from the church's theological h...
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Reconstructing Pastoral Theology 
A Christological Foundation
By Andrew Purves
In Pastoral Care in the Classical Tradition, Andrew Purves argued that pastoral care and theology has long ignored Scripture and Christian doctrine, and pastoral practice has become secularized in both method and goal, the fiefdom of psychology and t...
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The Search for Compassion 
Spirituality and Ministry
By Andrew Purves
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....
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