A Practical Handbook for Ministry: From the Writings of Wayne E. OatesFor years, the many books of Wayne Oates have served as invaluable field manuals for ministers and seminarians. Here, for the first time in one volume and by a minister who studied with him, are selected chapters from this distinguished author's fundamental works. This helpful new book reflects Oates's wisdom, clinical insight, and exhaustive search for scriptural understanding. |
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The Power of Spiritual Language in SelfUnderstanding | 3 |
The Identity and Integrity of the Pastor | 16 |
The Levels of Pastoral Care | 42 |
The Professional and the Charismatic | 63 |
A Pathology of Religious Leadership | 99 |
The Anxiety Reactions of the Morally Indifferent | 115 |
The Restless and the Greedy | 129 |
A Spiritual Struggle | 137 |
Anger Suffering and the Revelation of God | 269 |
The Holy Spirit as Counselor | 275 |
What Makes Counseling Pastoral? | 291 |
Pastoral Counseling as SelfEncounter | 304 |
The Time Element in Pastoral Counseling | 322 |
The Deeper Levels of Pastoral Care | 335 |
Some Indications and Contraindications | 366 |
The Religious Care of the Depressed Patient | 379 |
The Rights of Infants | 151 |
On Meeting Teachers and Schoolmates | 159 |
The Bible in the Pastoral Care of Children | 170 |
The Nuclear Family and the Larger Family of Mankind | 181 |
It Takes One to Catch One | 213 |
The Workaholic on the Job | 221 |
The Religion of the Workaholic | 231 |
The Symbolic Use of the Bible | 245 |
Purposeful Suffering | 255 |
The Struggle for Maturity | 261 |
Idolatry and Sick Religion | 403 |
Pastoral Counseling and the Prophetic Task | 417 |
Religious Factors in Mental Illness | 434 |
Grieving but Staying Well | 451 |
Spiritual Concerns of the Pain Patient | 457 |
To Be Free from Pack Thinking | 471 |
The Gift of God in Christ | 484 |
Epilogue | 503 |
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