Patton, John  <br/><br/>
Pastoral Care in Context :   An Introduction to Pastoral Care / 
John Patton 
 - Louisville, Ky. :   Westminster/John Knox Press,   1993 
 - 274 p.  ;   24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Communal: care as remembering -- Contextual: care as re-membering -- Characteristics of the carers -- Care through consultation on caring -- Limit and loss -- the risks of care -- Patience and patienthood -- the need for care -- Abuse of self and others -- the failure to care -- Special relationships -- the balances of care -- Pastoral counseling: a ministry of availability and introduction -- Theological reflection on pastoral caring. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>97806642203410664220347 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pastoral counseling.Church group work.Pastoral theology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV4400   / .P38 1993