Pastoral care and counseling in sexual diversity / H. Newton Malony, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Malony, H. Newton.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pastoral psychology.

Pastoral counseling.

Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Sex.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Learn to reach out to these hidden Christians! Offering a wide variety of points of view from the welcoming to the traditional, Pastoral Care and Counseling in Sexual Diversity addresses one of the crucial issues facing the church in these shifting times. Pastors of all Christian churches, whatever their denomination or theology, are likely to be faced with pastoral care or counseling of someone who is lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered. This valuable compendium examines various ways you can meet the spiritual and psychological needs of these members of your congregat

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Contributors; Foreword; Sexual Diversity: An Issue for Counselors and Churches; Changes in Attitudes Toward Homosexuality Among Mental Health Professionals: What Pastoral Counselors Need to Know; Does "Confidentiality" Have Limits? Relationships Between Pastors and Counselors; Pastoral Care of Sexual Diversity in the Black Church; Gay and Lesbian Christians: Faith and Coping in the Church; Pastoral Care with Marriages and Domestic Partnerships

A Developmental Model for Effective Treatment of Male Homosexuality: Implications for Pastoral CounselingPastoral Care and the Formation of Sexual Identity: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered; Love the Sinner: A Pastoral Response to Homosexuality; A Practical Theology of "Welcoming"; What Does the Bible Say About Homosexuality?; What Does the Bible Call Us, as Christians to Do on This Issue?; A Welcoming Ministry for All God's Children; Counseling Lesbians; A Pastoral Theology for the Sinned Against: Adult Christian Women Sexually Abused as Children

Disenfranchised Bereavement: Pastoral Care of Complicated Grief Reactions to AIDS-Related LossesAIDS Services Organizations: A Call to Ministry; Index

Notes:

". has been co-published simultaneously as American journal of pastoral counseling, volume 3, numbers 3/4, 2001."

First published by the Haworth Pastoral Press in 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7890-1438-6

1-317-71948-4

1-315-78609-5

1-317-71947-6

9781315786094

OCLC:

874146459