01224cam a2200253 a 4500001001300000003000900013005001700022008004100039010001300080020001500093028002700108040000900135050002200144082001200166100002200178245010600200260004700306300003300353504005300386505046200439650002600901650002500927650001800952000010477879AU-EpEBC20170412161324.0940301s1993    dcua     b    000 0 eng    a93202708  a156699110252aAL142bAlban Institute  cNEMB 0aBV640b.S785 199300a2532201 aSteinke, Peter L.10aHow your church family works :bunderstanding congregations as emotional systems /cPeter L. Steinke.  aWashington, DC :bAlban Institute,cc1993.  axii, 128 p. :bill ;c22 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 127-128)0 aPART 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. 0aParishesxPsychology. 0aChurch controversies 0aSystem theory