Steinke, Peter L. <br/><br/>
How your church family works :  understanding congregations as emotional systems / 
Peter L. Steinke. 
 - Washington, DC :  Alban Institute,  c1993. 
 - xii, 128 p. :  ill ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-128) 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1566991102 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>AL142  Alban Institute 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>93202708 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Parishes--Psychology.<br/>Church controversies<br/>System theory
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV640  / .S785 1993 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>253