TY  - BOOK
AU  - Patton,John
TI  - Pastoral care: an essential guide 
T2  - Abingdon essential guides
SN  - 9780687053223 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BV4011.3 .P367 2005
U1  - 253 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Nashville
PB  - Abingdon Press
KW  - Pastoral counseling
KW  - Family counseling
KW  - Grief therapy
KW  - Abuse
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-122); 1. Pastoral wisdom -- 2. Pastoral presence -- 3. Pastoral guidance -- 4. Limit, loss, and grief -- 5. Care for the sick -- 6. Abuse of self and others -- 7. Care of marriage and family -- 8. Pastoral counseling -- A final reflection
N2  - Publisher's description: The purpose of the Abingdon Essential Guides is to fulfill the need for brief, substantive, yet highly accessible introductions to the core disciplines in biblical, theological, and religious studies. Drawing on the best in current scholarship, written with the need of students foremost in mind, addressed to learners in a number of contexts, Essential Guides will be the first choice of those who wish to acquaint themselves or their students with the broad scope of issues, perspectives, and subject matters within biblical and religious studies....[discusses] four major kinds of lostness: grief, illness, abuse, and family challenges
ER  -