Pembroke examines Christian maturity from three interrelated perspectives; psychotherapeutic psychology, prayer and contemplation, and moral theology. He focuses on the challenge of growing into spiritual maturity through psychological wholeness, the conversion to the true self and interpersonal and social responsibility.
Pembroke examines Christian maturity from three interrelated perspectives; psychotherapeutic psychology, prayer and contemplation, and moral theology....
Moving Toward Spiritual Maturity: Psychological, Contemplative, and Moral Challenges in Christian Living uses examples from everyday life to provide a thoughtful, integrative exploration of the journey to spiritual maturity through three interrelated perspectives: psychotherapeutic psychology, prayer and contemplation, and moral theology.
Moving Toward Spiritual Maturity: Psychological, Contemplative, and Moral Challenges in Christian Living uses examples from everyday life to provide a...
There is an urgent need today to deepen and enrich the pastoral dimension of Sunday worship. This book attempts to meet that need. The practical guidance that is offered has its foundation in rigorous and comprehensive theological reflection. This reflection draws not only on the riches of the Christian heritage, but also on some wonderfully illuminating psychological research.
The conversation between the two disciplines yields some very interesting and important new ideas on worship as pastoral care. Each chapter consists of a theoretical base and a number of practical suggestions...
There is an urgent need today to deepen and enrich the pastoral dimension of Sunday worship. This book attempts to meet that need. The practical gu...
Dementia presents a significant social issue in a hyper-cognitive culture where stigma, relational neglect, and isolation still accompany forgetfulness. This raises serious theological, ecclesiological, and pastoral questions calling for a Christian response. To fight against a malignant social positioning of anyone as an ""an empty shell"" is crucial; nonetheless, there is another pressing reality, the reality of ongoing loss. Often the focus is on one or the other side: affirming personhood or acknowledging loss and grief. Spiritual caregiving and Christian pastoral caregiving are uniquely...
Dementia presents a significant social issue in a hyper-cognitive culture where stigma, relational neglect, and isolation still accompany forgetfulnes...
Foundations of Pastoral Counselling offers a completely new approach to its subject, through an integration of philosophical ideas, theological thought, and psychotherapeutic psychology. Using the work of philosophers including Martin Buber, Simone Weil and Soren Kierkegaard to begin the conversation in each chapter the author then draws on relevant theologians and psychotherapeutic thinkers to enrich the dialogue. The result is a rich, multi-faceted, and often surprising round-table discussion about the fundamental issues in pastoral counselling.
Foundations of Pastoral Counselling offers a completely new approach to its subject, through an integration of philosophical ideas, theological though...
