Ministers and laypeople who are looking to broaden or deepen their pastoral care education have a new resource available in the book Healing Wisdom: Depth Psychology and the Pastoral Ministry, co-edited by Claremont School of Theology Professor, Rev. Dr. Kathleen Greider, in collaboration with Rev. Dr. Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger (Princeton Theological Seminary) and Rev. Dr. Felicity Kelcourse (Christian Theological Seminary). Claremont Professor Rev. Dr. K. Samuel Lee is also a contributor.
"A well-prepared minister is not afraid to face the depths of human suffering," say the editors. "The ability to offer a 'non-anxious presence' to those in need, to bracket the pain of one's own woundedness while listening empathically, to face head-on the purifying fires of human transformation — these are a few of the qualities in ministry we designate as 'healing wisdom.' "
Inspired by the work of Ann Belford Ulanov, this text in pastoral care explores the depth dimensions of pastoral ministry in both personal and social contexts, with an eye toward teaching practitioners to value and embody this life-giving wisdom. It captures many of the multiple strands of pastoral work and weaves them together into an integral whole.
Contributors:
· David W. Augsburger
· Pamela Cooper-White
· Russell H. Davis
· Kathleen J. Greider
· Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger
· Rodney J. Hunter
· Cedric C. Johnson
· James W. Jones
· Felicity Brock Kelcourse
· Kyungsig Samuel Lee
· K. Brynolf Lyon
· Ana-María Rizzuto
· Daniel S. Schipani
