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Index to The Journal of Pastoral Care (years 1947 - 2000). Includes photocopied list of articles in the 2001-2005 issues.
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Vision from a Little Known Country: A Boisen Reader (Glenn H. Asquith, Jr., Ed.) ISBN 0-929670-05-1 (1992) $22.50
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 While the contemporary world is facing issues different than in the time of Boisen, the theological and religious questions regarding suffering and conflict, illness, and social movements remain the same. Boisen focuses on the religious meaning of individual suffering (especially as manifested in mental illness) and … he was also interested in the social conditions which surrounded human suffering. Thus, while this material reflects the vision of a man which began over eighty years ago, it can be argued that this vision not only has contemporary relevance but also speaks with a prophetic voice to the future.
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Head and Heart: The Story of the Clinical Pastoral Education Movement (Charles E. Hall) ISBN 0-929670-06-X (1992) $15.75
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 This book provides insight into the dialectical situation of the minister, priest, or rabbi who needs both intellectual and emotional understanding but often experiences these two as opposites. The story of the Clinical Pastoral Education Movement is a significant story of twentieth century pastoral care and theological education in which the conflicts betweenhead and heart are confronted and a creative resolution offered.
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Spiritual Needs and Pastoral Services: Readings in Research (Larry VandeCreek, Ed.) ISBN 0-929670-12-4 (1995) $39.95
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 What do spiritual needs, health care, pastoral services, eligious resources, statistics, and quantitative research methods have in common? Traditional literature in the pastoral care, counseling, and education movement probably would say “Not a great deal.” Indeed, the pastoral arts and sciences have tended to be high on art (especially praxis) but relatively low on science (especially Quantitative research).
In this book, Dr. Larry VandeCreek has gathered a number of samples of previously published research reports which inform hospital chaplains, congregational pastors, hospital personnel, and theological students about ways in which knowledge ained from carefully designed research can enhance their project of care.
The quantitative research reports in this volume explore topics such as the role of spirituality in terminally ill hospitalized patients, the demonstrated helpfulness of prayer in health crises, the impact of hope among women with breast cancer, the role and impact of chaplaincy services in general hospitals, and several other topics in which the relationships between spirituality and health care is explored.
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From Ministry to Theology: Pastoral Action and Reflection (John Patton) ISBN 0-929670-13-2 (1995) $12.95
 This book is about the process involved in theological reflection. That process moves from something to something.- from the practice of ministry to the construction or reconstruction of Christian theology. The word action in the subtitle … reflects the book’s focus on the process of theological reflection more than the results of it.
The book begins with the assumption that ministers, lay or ordained, operate from some kind of theological understanding of what life is about, and that the practice of ministry can change that understanding in an important and creative way It lso makes the assumption that Christian doctrine and belief are repeatedly constructed and reconstructed, not just by professional theologians, but by ordinary believers who take their faith seriously enough to think about it.
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Inside the Circle: A Historical and Practical Inquiry Concerning Process Groups in Clinical Pastoral Education (Joan Hemenway) ISBN 0-929670-14-0 (1995) $29.95
 This book provides insights into the role group work has played in the evolution of Clinical Pastoral Education. The author demonstrates, through historical analysis, how psychoanalysis nd humanistic psychology were creatively interfaced to offer a method suited to assist theological students in their educational and personal development. Drawing especially on the group theory and practice of Wilfred Bion, Dr. Hemenway offers a theory of group work in which the notion of transformative play assumes a central role. She demonstrates this approach by detailing actual group work within a CPE context and by rooting her theory in the “living human document.”
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Cura Animarum (1992 ed.) $6.00 ea. ON SALE $2.00 ea.
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The 1992 issue of Cura Animarum, published by The Association of Mental Health Clergy in cooperation with JPCP Inc, contains articles titled:
- Hearing Patients’ Words (Leona L Bachrach)
- Frightened into Illness and Out: A Universal Perspective on Susto and Its Cure (Ellen Messer)
- Conducting Religious Assessments: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Kyle D. Johnson)
- Anton Boisen – A Memoir (John L. Cedarleaf)
- Aging (Herman G. Cook)
- For Cryin’ Outloud – a poem (Charles Hart)
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Peer Review: A Theological Perspective (Jasper N. Keith, Jr.) ISBN 0-929-670-02-7 (1990). $5.00
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 Peer review in ministry is a very important and yet difficult topic. Clergy, especially those in specialized ministry, are independent and enjoy the luxury and the burden of functioning in relatively autonomous ways. This really makes the topic of peer review difficult. Although we may know, at some level, that we need peers and that we need to hear from them regarding our strengths and weaknesses in our various ministries, admitting to this can be contrary to our independent nature.
In this monograph, Jap Keith acknowledges the necessity for peer review and the resistance to receiving it. More importantly, he does this in the context of a theological perspective. Viewing peer review from a theological perspective provides a context in which resistance may lower so that a meaningful peer review can be experienced.
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The Supervision of Congregational Ministries: The Reflective Practice of Ministry (George Fitzgerald) ISBN 0-929-670-08-6 (1993). $10.00
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In this monograph, the author draws on his experience in institutional contexts to provide some guidance for “Supervised Congregational Ministries” (SCM) – a term which he prefers to the more commonly used “Parish CPE.” He suggests that there are four influences which have influenced the development of SCM programs.
- General System Theory
- Congregational Studies
- Changes in Health Care Development and Delivery
- Ferment within the Pastoral Care and Counseling Field
Fitzgerald argues for a new Typology of Supervision for SCMs and suggests some directions in which the search for that Typology might go, along with discussing five important elements of SCM programs.
- Attending to Contextual Issues
- Expanding Supervision
- Claiming our Ecumenical Heritage
- Redefining the “Living Human Document”
- Fostering Research
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Therapeutic Practice in a Cross-Cultural World: Theological, Psychological, and Ethical Issues (Carol R. Bohn, Ed.) $12.50 ISBN 0-929-670-11-6 (1995).
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 This monograph comprises the proceedings of the 1992 conference, marking the 40th anniversary of the
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Institute, on Therapeutic Practice in a Cross-Cultural World. Essay titles include the following.
- Multicultural Counseling and the Systemic Notion: Implications for Pastoral Psychotherapy ( Orlo Strunk)
- Pastoral Psychotherapy in a Rapidly Changing World: Implications of Cultural Change in Singapore and Taiwan (Homer Jernigan)
- Orthodox Christianity: Ghetto Religion or Catholic Faith? A Pastoral Psychotherapist’s Observations ( Kyriaki Karidoyances Fitzgerald)
- A Case Study of Marriage Counseling with a Malaysian Couple: Interdependence vs. Individualism (Robert C. Leslie)
- Oral-Narrative Cultural and Pastoral Counseling with African American Males (Edward P. Wimberly)
- Surrendering the Self: Pastoral Counseling at the Limit of Culture and Psychotherapy (John E. Hinkle and Gregory A. Hinkle)
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Special Visions: Poems by and for Pastoral Caregivers
edited by Orlo C. Strunk, Jr. Ph.D.
 In these 65 brief poems – selected from back issues of The Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling – healthcare chaplains, pastoral counselors, pastoral educators as well as their counselees, patients, and parishioners, express themselves. Their sensitive poems capture in words the thoughts and feelings that daily characterize the pastoral caregiving scene.
To obtain a copy of Special Visions (paperback at $10.95, Adobe e-book at $6.00), follow this hyperlink to iUniverse Publishing
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Sexual Abuse by Clergy: A Crisis for the Church (James N. Poling, Marie M. Fortune, and Larry K. Graham) ISBN: 0929670094 ISBN-13: 9780929670096 (1994)
 Based upon oral presentations given at plenary sessions at an annual conference of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, Marie Fortune, Executive Director of The Center for the Prevention of Sexual & Domestic Violence, and James N. Poling, a professor of pastoral theology at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary, explore the devastating reality of clergy sexual misconduct. The monograph offers actions that need to be taken within both socio-political and a theological contexts. There is an Introduction by Larry Kent Graham, Professor of Pastoral Theology and Care at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado.
Clergy Sexual Ethics: A Workshop Guide (Donald C. Houts) ISBN 0-929670-04-3 (1991)
 This monograph describes one of the early programs designed to help clergy become more conscious about professional ethics in general and more specifically about sexual boundaries in the practice of ministry.
Research in Pastoral Care and Counseling: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches (Larry VandeCreek, Hilary Bender, Merie R. Jordan) ISBN 0-929670-10-8 (1994) $19.95
 The first part of this book, focusing on Quantitative Research, was originally published as A Research Primer for Pastoral Care and Counseling (by Larry VandedCreek. In the Foreword to this expanded text, Margot Hover writes as follows. This is truly a book for all … seasons – for those led apprehensive or even kicking and screaming into pastoral research as well as for those who enthusiastically indulge their curiosity in this way. It is for those who love to tinker with numbers as well as for those who look for patterns in the kind of documentation we excel at gathering – verbatims, anecdotes, case histories. … I grabbed Larry VandeCreek’s book the first time I heard the term “pastoral research” as part of my job description and my residents and I have relied on it ever since. The reader will find equally valuable this edition, which includes comparable guidance and instruction for qualitative research from Hilary Bender and Merle Jordan.
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