What does it mean to lead a truly "life-giving way of life"? What kinds of learning and teaching will best prepare ministers to foster such a way of life in their congregations? How might teachers of practical theology best understand and undertake their task to educate and form ministers? Respected scholars and ministers explore such questions in For Life Abundant, probing and clarifying the significance of practical theology in the classroom, in the wider academy, and in actual ministry settings.

Contributors: Dorothy C. Bass
Kathleen A. Cahalan
David D. Daniels III
Craig Dykstra
Serene Jones
Thomas G. Long
Peter W. Marty
Gordon S. Mikoski
Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
James R. Nieman
Christian R. Scharen
Ted A. Smith
John P. Witvliet
David J. Wood