Hope in Pastoral Care and Counseling

by Andrew D. Lester

Book Overview

In this ground-breaking book, pastoral counselor Andrew Lester demonstrates that pastoral theology (as well as social and behavioral sciences) has neglected to address effectively the predominant cause of human suffering: a lack of hope, a sense of futurelessness. Lester not only looks at the reasons why addressing the ideas of hope and despair has been overlooked by pastoral theology and other social and behavioral sciences. He also offers a starting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664255884
• ISBN13: 9780664255886
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"