How your church family works : understanding congregations as emotional systems - Steinke, Peter L. (Washington, DC : Alban Institute, 1993)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-128)
Keywords: Parishes -- Psychology; Church controversies; System theory