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Parsons, Donald Capps, editors.","author":"Wicks, Robert J.; Parsons, Richard D.; Capps, Donald","isbn":"0809133512","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Paulist Press"},"datePublished":"1993","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: New York\n\nPhysical description: Xi, 707p.;23cm.","bookEdition":"Expanded ed.","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Effective Pastoring: Guidelines for Christian Ministry \/ Christian Fred Worlali Gbekor","author":"Gbekor C.F.W.","isbn":"9789988864491","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"sonLife Press"},"datePublished":"2016","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: Accra, Ghana\n\nPhysical description: xvi, 146p.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Introduction to pastoral care \/ William V. Arnold.","author":"Arnold, W. V.","isbn":"0664244009","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Westminster Press"},"datePublished":"1982","inLanguage":"English","description":"Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216) and index.\n\nPublished in: Philadelphia\n\nPhysical description: 221 pages ; 21 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Pastor, preacher, person : developing a pastoral ministry in depth \/ David K. Switzer.","author":"Switzer, David K.","isbn":"0687301378","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":null,"inLanguage":"English","description":"The minister: person, pastor, professional -- The context: church as the family of God -- The word in proclamation: meeting person's needs through preaching -- The word in proclamation: the ingredients of helpful preaching -- The word in scripture and relationship: the use of the Bible in pastoral care.\n\nPublished in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 144 pages ; 21 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Pastoral care emergencies \/ David K. Switzer.","author":"Switzer, David K.","isbn":"0800632281\/ 97808006","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Fortress Press"},"datePublished":"2000","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents : What is a pastoral emergency? -- What does it mean to say that we care? -- The carer and the caring : who are we and how do we go about it? -- Responding to persons' needs in situational crises -- Visiting the physically ill -- Hospital emergencies -- Ministry to the dying -- Pastoral response to bereavement -- Responding to suicidal persons and their families -- Marriage and family life : family systems, counseling, divorce -- Marriage and family emergencies : family violence, psychiatric emergencies -- When and how to refer.\n\nPublished in: Minneapolis\n\nPhysical description: ix, 191 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.","bookEdition":"Creative pastoral care and counseling series","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Spiritual therapy : how the physician, psychiatrist, and minister collaborate in healing \/ Richard K. Young and Albert L. Meiburg.","author":"Young, Richard K.; Meiburg, Albert L.","isbn":null,"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Harper & Brothers"},"datePublished":"1960","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: New York\n\nPhysical description: 184 pages","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The word of God and pastoral care \/ Howard W. Stone.","author":"Stone, H. W","isbn":"0687461332","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":"1988","inLanguage":"English","description":"Includes bibliographical references and indexes.\n\nPublished in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 176 pages ; 22 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The wounded healer : ministry in contemporary society \/ Henri J.M. Nowen.","author":"Nouwen, H. J. M.","isbn":"0385148038","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"An Image Book Doubleday"},"datePublished":"1990","inLanguage":"English","description":"Explores the question of what it means to be a minister in the modern world, discussing the many ways and forms in which a person can be a Christian, and argues that ministers must be willing to share their own burdens before they can help others.\r\n\r\nOther Notes: Reprint. Originally published: Doubleday, 1972.\r\nText complete and unabridged.\n\nPublished in: New York\n\nPhysical description: xvi, 100 p. ; 18 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}