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Author Holifield, E. Brooks.

Title A history of pastoral care in America : from salvation to self-realization / E. Brooks Holifield.

Publication Info. Nashville : Abingdon Press, [1983]
©1983

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  253.0973 H732H    Check Shelf
Description 416 pages ; 22 cm
Contents 1. Theological traditions -- Sin -- Spiritual development -- 2. Counsel in a hierarchical world -- Joan Drake of Esher -- Hierarchy: reason and the supernatural -- A social hierarchy -- A hierarchical soul -- Conclusion -- 3. The understanding and the affections -- The psychology of awakening -- Comfort and caution -- Toward a new era -- 4. Balance, gentility, and self-culture -- Ichabod Spencer -- Social order -- Pastoral theology and urban culture -- Gentlemanly counsel -- Towards self-culture -- 5. The natural style -- Transcendent providence -- The transformation of symbols -- The new pastoral theology -- Psychology and psychotherapy -- Liberalism and the psychology of religion -- Emmanuel -- 6. From adjustment to insight -- The psychology of success -- Adjustment and self-realization -- The clinical traditions -- Insight -- 7. Acceptance and self-realization -- Popular psychology -- The Renaissance of pastoral psychology -- The burden of social convention -- Self-realization -- Acceptance -- 8. The context of pastoral care -- The interpersonal context -- The theological context -- The church as context -- Epilogue.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Pastoral care -- United States -- History.
Pastoral theology -- United States -- History.
Pastoral counseling -- United States -- History.
Pastoral theology -- Protestant churches -- History.
Protestant churches -- Doctrines.
Pastoral Care -- United States.
Christianity -- history -- United States.
ISBN 0687172497 paperback
9780687172498 paperback
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