The Practice of Pastoral Care: A Postmodern Approach

by Carrie Doehring

Book Overview

Drawing on psychological, theological, and cultural studies on suffering, Carrie Doehring encourages counselors to view their ministry through trifocal lenses and include approaches that are premodern (apprehending God through religious rituals), modern (consulting rational and empirical sources), and postmodern (acknowledging the contextual nature of knowledge). Utilizing strategies from all three perspectives, Doehring describes the basic ingredients...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664226841
• ISBN13: 9780664226848
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"