Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling

by Rodney J. Hunter

Book Overview

This ecumenical reference, enlisting some 600 Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish contributors, provides some 1,200 articles on topics related to pastoral care and counseling. The entries,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 068710761X
• ISBN13: 9780687107612
• Release Date: May 1990
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Length: 1346 Pages
• Weight: 4.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 2.5" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Great book and very informative in the context of pastoral care.

The author gave some great historiography infromation concerning various religious sects as to how pastoral care emerges from each group. The book was not to finite with detail, but it was precise and breif enough to encompass a broad perspective. The CD that comes along with the book was just as useful to use as the book itself.

Soul and Psyche

Anyone who has worked in the area where psychology and religion interface will appreciate this solid, thorough and carefully edited work that is without par in the field. Grounded in the actual experience of the "theology of living documents", the articles are as much practical as theoretical and academic. Thoroughly ecumenical, this massive reference work promotes dialogue between faith and theology and clinical theory and practice. If this is the kind of subject that interests you then you need to own this book. F.X. Charet Phd

Too Much of a Good Thing?

This a comprehensive and well-written reference work with more than 1200 articles and 1346 pages. For the parish minister or pastor who needs guidance, this book should definitely be on the shelf as a mandatory reference work. For seminarians, it might be overwhelming, but would be a wonderful book to own. For more experienced religious leaders, pastoral counselors and pastoral psychotherapists, however, there is much here that can be gotten more easily and in more sophisticated form from smaller, more specialized books on theology and especially aspects of psychology/psychiatry. Still, it is an admirable piece of scholarship and one that most caregivers will want and use. (Non-religious mental health workers could also use it for working more effectively with religious populations.)

Thoughtful and useful dictionary

The Dictionary is useful for readers across a wide spectrum, not only for pastoral carers. Contains concise and practical information. The theological import of each entry is spelled out. Each entry has a bibliography for further reading or cross reference. I found myself browsing at leisure!