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1 online resource (168 pages) |
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| Summary |
In the last twenty years, the number of texts written on clinical pastoral supervision has accelerated. Thomas St. James O'Connor analyzes these texts, nearly 300 of them, in light of three fundamental questions about the praxis of clinical pastoral supervision: (1)what is distinctive about the praxis? (2)what is an appropriate theological method for the praxis? and, (3)what is an adequate praxis? In doing so, he formulates three approaches: the social science, the hermeneutic and the special interest. Looking at the theology of Charles Gerkin, a pastoral theologian and family therapist, O' |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Field of Clinical Pastoral Supervision; Chapter 2 Three Approaches in the Praxis of Clinical Pastoral Supervision; Chapter 3 Gerkin's Incarnational Theology; Chapter 4 Gerkin's Theological Anthropology; Chapter 5 Gerkin's Incarnational Theology and the Praxis of Clinical Pastoral Supervision; Chapter 6 An Adequate Transformed Praxis; Chapter 7 Conclusion; Glossary of Key Terms; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Gerkin, Charles V., 1922-
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Gerkin, Charles V., 1922- |
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Pastoral counseling -- Study and teaching -- Supervision.
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Pastoral counseling -- Study and teaching -- Supervision. |
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Pastoral counseling. |
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Theology, Practical.
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Theology, Practical. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: O'Connor, Thomas St. James. Clinical Pastoral Supervision and the Theology of Charles Gerkin. Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2006 9780889203105 |
| ISBN |
9780889206618 (electronic book) |
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0889206619 (electronic book) |
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