Hospital preaching as informed by bedside listening : a homiletical guide for preachers, pastors, and chaplains in hospital, hospice, prison, and nursing home ministries / Cajetan N. Ihewulezi.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Ihewulezi, Cajetan N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Hospital patients--Pastoral counseling of.
• Church work with the sick.
• Bible--Homiletical use.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : University Press of America, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book states the great need to sit down face to face and attentively listen to stories, experiences, and feelings of patients. These bedside encounters with patients can well inform the preacher and can result in more effective liturgical preaching in hospitals, hospice, prison, and nursing home settings.

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One; Hospital Bedside Listening as True Hospitality to the Sick; Chapter Two; Interpersonal Conversation; Chapter Three; Pastoral Conversations with Hospital Patients; Chapter Four; From Patient's Story to Homily; Chapter Five; The Preaching Evaluation; Homilies; Conclusion; Bibliography; About the Author

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 0-7618-8164-6
• 1-283-21374-5
• 9786613213747
• 0-7618-5293-X

OCLC:

704284688