How your church family works : understanding congregations as emotional systems / Peter L. Steinke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steinke, Peter L.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church controversies.

Parishes--Psychology.

Parishes.

System theory.

Systems Theory.

Medical Subjects:

Systems Theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2006.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>Drawing on the work of Bowen and Friedman, and on his own many years of counseling experience, Peter Steinke shows how to recognize and deal with the emotional roots of such issues as church conflict, leadership roles, congregational change, irresponsible behavior, and the effects of family of origin on current relationships.</span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface 2006; Preface 1993; Acknowledgments; Part 1: Conceptualizing Emotional Processes; The Concept of a System; Anxiety and Reactivity; Separateness and Closeness; Stability and Change; Clarity and Compassion; Part 2: The Congregation as an Emotional System; Do Not Go Gently into That Glob of Glue; Being a Prophet Is Nice Work-If You Can Find a Job; What Shall It Profit a Parish If It Gets over the Hump but Falls into the Abyss?; Remembering the Future; Believing and Belonging; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-8182-265-1

1-56699-551-5

OCLC:

881610967