SCM studyguide to pastoral theology /
Margaret Whipp
- London : SCM Press, 2013
- 202 p. ; 25 cm.
The humble pastor: imagining pastoral care -- Life in all its fullness: the call to be human. Being human: life, love and longings -- Faithful change: growth, transition and maturity -- All desires known: sexuality and the call of love -- The fragility of life: attachment, trauma and loss -- Growing together: religion, relationships and ritual -- For their sakes: the call to care. Tend my flock: the story of pastoral care -- The art of pastoral conversation: listening, love and language -- Boundaries and power: the limits of pastoral care -- Serpents and doves: integrity and good practice in pastoral care -- Messy moments: unsought, untamed, unimaginable encounters -- The paradoxical pastor.