Remembering and Reclaiming Diakonia: The Diaconate Yesterday and Today

"Remembering and Reclaiming Diakonia: The Diaconate Yesterday and Today" is a text both scholarly and spiritually enriching. It is described by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware of Diokleia, Oxford University as, "exactly is the book that we have long needed to help us rethink the ministry of the deacon in the contemporary Church. Scholarly yet accessible, it draws on the past to illuminate the future. It will prove of great interest not only to members of the Orthodox Church but to many in other Christian traditions. In an imaginative and moving way, the author draws on his personal experience of twenty-five years in the diaconate."  Contents Foreward p. ix Acknowledgments p. xi Introduction p. 1 Chapter 1: Deacons in the Service of Christ p. 21 The Savior as Servant and Deacon p. 21 The Deacon as Servant of Christ p. 23 Service and Servanthood p. 26 Chapter 2: The Apostolic Diaconate p. 29 Historical Origins: Diverse Models and Defini