TY - BOOK AU - Patton, John TI - Pastoral Care in Context : : An Introduction to Pastoral Care SN - 97806642203410664220347 AV - BV4400 .P38 1993 PY - 1993/// CY - Louisville, Ky. : PB - Westminster/John Knox Press, KW - Pastoral counseling.Church group work.Pastoral theology N1 - 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 ER -