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.