Agents of Hope: A Pastoral Psychology
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (975 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0800625781 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Paige Swaim-Presley said and graduated from the excellent Candler School of Theology. I serve as an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, and graduated from the excellent Candler School of Theology. And I have to say that out of ALL of my textbooks from seminary, THIS is the one that I have returned to most often in my work as a pastor. I have re-read especially the final chapter, "The Reframing of T. Hope as a framework ahibs Donald Capps writes a book that provides an excellent framework from which to approach pastoral care. Drawing from both psychological and religious traditions Capps articulates how offering hope is central to the pastors role and provides a useful study of whether means to hope and what can influence hope.
Indeed, hope is often all that ministers can offer, thus confirming that what ministers are doing is what they ought to be doing. This account leads Capps to discern the three major allies of hope: trust, patience, and modesty. Finally, he provides two reframing techniques - future visioning and revising the pastthat are especially supportive of hope.. Donald Capps argues convincingly in this compelling book that, while for other professionals hope is a by-product of what they do, for ministers hope is at the core of their activity. Capp's book provides a dynamic interpretation of hope. He shows how human hope originates in life and he illustrates the three major threats against hope: despair, apathy, and shame