The Emerging Diaconate: Servant Leaders in a Servant Church

by William T. Ditewig

Sketches the current state of the permanent diaconate, especially in the United States, then offers the historical developments which led to the contemporary diaconate, and finally, suggests a vision of the diaconate for the future, always within the matrix of a servant-ecclesiology which should characterize the entire Church.

258 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 31, 2007

Reviews

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful for thinking through the theology of the diaconate. A good starting point for further reflection on the meaning of the diaconate as a permament order.

My only problem is that the Kindle edition doesn't access the footnotes from the main text.

[Rudy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good study of the diaconate in the Church. It brought up some good issues, like the affirmation of celibacy juxtaposed against the absence of affirmation of marriage in the Rite. A must read!

[Joe McLellan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful addition to the understanding of the diaconate in the modern church. Ditewig is a profound deaconal thinker.

[Larry Ramsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative and also very easy to understand.