Ministry and the Law: What You Need to Know | 
| Author: Mary Angela Shaughnessy
Publisher: Paulist Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 80921
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.2
ISBN: 0809137895
Dewey Decimal Number: 349.730882
EAN: 9780809137893
ASIN: 0809137895
Publication Date: May 1998
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Product Description
Useful for both church professionals and volunteers, this is a practical guide to help religious professionals recognize and deal with legal issues that they may encounter in their ministry.
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Required Reading August 11, 2008
This book is a primary resource and necessary reading for anyone involved in ministry (particularly in the Roman Catholic church)! Sr. Mary Angela lays out what you need to know and why you need to know it in an easy-to-read format. Her suggestions will make your ministry more professional and safer for both you and those with and for whom you minister.
This book fills a great need for Catholic ministers. October 14, 1998
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
Sister Mary Angela Shaughnessy's newest book is a great contribution to pastoral ministry. The format is very "user-friendly", beginning with a brief self-test to explore the reader's level of current awareness of legal issues involved in ministry. The subsequent chapters deal with the sources of law impacting ministry, types of lawsuits, personnel issues, and a final chapter devoted to special topics of concern. A brief glossary of terms is also provided.The text is well laid out and easy to read. An index would have been useful, but since the book is quite brief, the lack of an index is not a major problem. Probably the best aspect of the book, in my opinion, is its explanation of the relationship between the legal aspects of ministry and the social justice teaching of the Church. For example, while some ministers may resent the administrative burden caused by current employment practices, the author points out that it is through these very practices that the social teaching of the church is concretized in the local church. This book is useful for everyone involved in ministry, from pastors to volunteer teachers, from school principals to parish council presidents.
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