<p>Positive mentoring relationships are held to be essential to the formation of strong Christian leaders--but why? How can theological and biblical insights inform mentoring relationships? And what do these vital relationships look like across a range of Christian experience? </p><p>Opening multiple angles of vision on the practice of mentoring, Dean K. Thompson and D. Cameron Murchison here present a group of eminent scholars who explore mentoring from biblical-theological perspectives, within the context of diverse national and international communities, and across generations.</p> CONTRIBUTORS: <p/> David L. Bartlett <br> Walter Brueggemann <br> Katie Geneva Cannon <br> Thomas W. Currie <br> Cristian De La Rosa <br> Jill Duffield <br> Elizabeth Hinson Hasty <br> Luke Timothy Johnson <br> Kwok Pui Lan <br> Thomas G. Long <br> Melva Lowry <br> Martin E. Marty <br> Rebekah Miles <br> D. Cameron Murchison <br> Camille Cook Murray <br> Rodger Nishioka <br> Douglas Ottati <br> Alton B. Pollard III <br> Cynthia L. Rigby <br> Dean K. Thompson <br> Theodore J. Wardlaw