01277cam a2200277 a 4500 47768 47768 000010477879 AU-EpEBC 20170412161324.0 940301s1993 dcua b 000 0 eng 93202708 1566991102 AL142 Alban Institute NEMB BV640 .S785 1993 253 20 Steinke, Peter L. How your church family works : understanding congregations as emotional systems / Peter L. Steinke. Washington, DC : Alban Institute, c1993. xii, 128 p. : ill ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-128) 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. Parishes Psychology. Church controversies System theory ddc AM 0 0 ddc 0 0 32 MAIN MAIN OPEN 2017-04-12 Tabor 0 253 STE 18402 2017-04-12 00:00:00 1 2017-04-12 AM