Pastoral Counseling

Pastoral Care to Muslims: Building Bridges addresses the fact that more and more often pastoral care workers are encountering Muslims in hospitals. This is the guidebook you need to provide the spiritual support these patients are able to accept—support that doesn't conflict with their religio..

Through Scripture, studies, and the personal experiences of religious leaders and congregants, Practical Theology for Aging offers new concepts for ministering to our older population. Each chapter looks at a different concern for the elderly, such as sexual activity or the overlooked needs of peopl..

Through Scripture, studies, and the personal experiences of religious leaders and congregants, Practical Theology for Aging offers new concepts for ministering to our older population. Each chapter looks at a different concern for the elderly, such as sexual activity or the overlooked needs of peopl..

Religion is an important coping mechanism for many aging adults. Religion, Spirituality, and Aging: A Social Work Perspective discusses the latest research and the issues of the aging soul while examining ways to improve care. Respected social work researchers and scholars provide insight and practi..

Religion is an important coping mechanism for many aging adults. Religion, Spirituality, and Aging: A Social Work Perspective discusses the latest research and the issues of the aging soul while examining ways to improve care. Respected social work researchers and scholars provide insight and practi..

Remembering Conquest: Feminist/Womanist Perspectives on Religion, Colonization, and Sexual Violence addresses the issue of sexual violence against women from feminist/womanist theological perspectives. Taken from the proceedings of a panel discussion at the 1998 annual meeting of the American Academ..

Rising from the Dead: Stories of Women's Spiritual Journeys to Sobriety tells the stories of alcoholic women who recovered and remained sober through 12-step spirituality. This practical and inspirational book provides strategies for building a spiritual life to those afflicted by addiction, and mod..

Many people agree that prayer is a central feature of spiritual life. But what is prayer? Scientific and Pastoral Perspectives on Intercessory Prayer: An Exchange Between Larry Dossey, MD, and Health Care Chaplains explores common questions and concerns about intercessory prayer, or the act of prayi..

Somebody's Knocking at Your Door chronicles the black church's response to AIDS and calls for intervention within the church and community. The book explores the church's historic activism, AIDS statistics, homophobia, relevant theologies, exemplary AIDS ministries, and the pandemic in Africa and of..

Somebody's Knocking at Your Door chronicles the black church's response to AIDS and calls for intervention within the church and community. The book explores the church's historic activism, AIDS statistics, homophobia, relevant theologies, exemplary AIDS ministries, and the pandemic in Africa and of..

Spiritual Assessment and Intervention: Current Directions and Applications examines current state-of-the-art efforts in the development and implementation of spiritual interventions for older adults. Academics and practitioners working in social work, social welfare, medicine, and mental health and ..

A discerning guide through the ups and downs of retirement. The number of people age 65 and older worldwide has more than tripled to nearly half a billion over the last 50 years. Spiritual Wisdom for Successful Retirement is an inspirational guide through the journey that begins in life's “thi..