Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Foreword by David W. Fagerberg
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Part 1. Theological Foundations of the Diaconate
1. Biblical Diakonia
2. The Theology of the Deacon in Lumen Gentium
Part 2. The Diaconate asmedius ordo
3. Social Mediation
4. Social Mediation and the People of God
Part 3. The Witness of History
5. Precedents for the Deacon as Social Intermediary
6. The Transformation and Decline of the Diaconate
Part 4. The Deacon Today
7. The Deacon in the Liturgy
8. Evaluating the Structure of Diaconal Ministry Today
9. Restructuring the Diaconate as an Intermediate Institution
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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