Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-286) and index. - Introduction : the reality of priesthood -- Kenosis and God's graceful self-revelation to humanity. The story of the doctrine of kenosis -- Kenosis and the theology of Barth, Balthasar and Moltmann -- Philippians as a narrative account of identity in kenosis -- Priesthood and the grateful human response to the divine self-revelation. Vocation and priesthood -- Covenant, sacrifice and priesthood -- Priesthood : the imaginative and human retelling of God's story. Narrative and imagination -- Priesthood and the ordained -- Conclusion. Priesthood : tracing the promise of God's saving act
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