The Minister and The Care of Souls (Harper's Ministers Paperback Library)

by Daniel Day Williams

Pastoral care This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060694912
• ISBN13: 9780060694913
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Harper & Row
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

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The Minister and The Care of Souls

The Minister and The Care of Souls by Daniel Day Williams makes a significant contribution to ministers everywhere in their role of pastoral counselors. Dr. Williams, a keen Christian thinker and experienced minister, * draws together the scattered insights of a confused and confusing field into a unified Christian view * provides a concrete context for the minister's day-to-day personal counseling * points the way to a fruitful new encounter between religion and psychology Of primary importance is that the minister see into his own soul, the author writes, in order that he may acquire the self-knowledge to guide those entrusted to his care. It is his central conviction that Christ is the integrting meaning of our exstence. To come to a rewarding relationship with him and to bring salvation to the human spirit demands a skillful blending of every art and science of life, including psychology. In combining the insights of actual parish experience with the wise learning and conclusions of the theologian, The Minister and The Care of Souls will find a wide audience among ministers. --- from book's back cover