Converging Horizons: Essays in Religion, Psychology, and Caregiving
This collection of essays considers topics in pastoral theology, pastoral care and counseling, pastoral leadership, and social work, and attends to challenges and opportunities pertaining to the support and care of persons in need. Of interest to ministers, chaplains, pastoral counselors, and social workers, these essays focus particularly on human experiences, needs, or concerns that relate to matters of mental health and religious faith or spirituality. Converging Horizons demonstrates approaches to integrative work that draws on multiple fields of theory and practice in service to the goal of providing a range of caregivers with ways to both conceptualize and engage their important work.
"Cole, dually trained as a pastoral theologian and a social
worker, has recently accepted an academic post in a school of
social work after having served as academic dean of a theological
seminary. He is, therefore, uniquely qualified to offer insights on
the converging horizons of religion, psychology, and caregiving.
This book is a gift to all those interested in the work of caring
for persons and groups."
--Nathan Carlin, University of Texas Medical School, Houston,
TX
"Converging Horizons offers a compelling witness not only to
the vast range of subject matter of interest to pastoral
theologians but to the generous expanse of Allan Cole's mind in
addressing it. In this collection of essays he accomplishes the
impossible, at once offering a sweeping overview of a field of
study that defies simple definition while attending with
unparalleled sensitivity to the plights of ordinary individuals
weary from loss and grief. This book will find its place not only
in survey courses in pastoral care and social work but in doctoral
seminars on the history and methods of pastoral theology."
--Robert Dykstra, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ
"Cole, dually trained as a pastoral theologian and a social
worker, has recently accepted an academic post in a school of
social work after having served as academic dean of a theological
seminary. He is, therefore, uniquely qualified to offer insights on
the converging horizons of religion, psychology, and caregiving.
This book is a gift to all those interested in the work of caring
for persons and groups."
--Nathan Carlin, University of Texas Medical School, Houston,
TX
"Converging Horizons offers a compelling witness not only to
the vast range of subject matter of interest to pastoral
theologians but to the generous expanse of Allan Cole's mind in
addressing it. In this collection of essays he accomplishes the
impossible, at once offering a sweeping overview of a field of
study that defies simple definition while attending with
unparalleled sensitivity to the plights of ordinary individuals
weary from loss and grief. This book will find its place not only
in survey courses in pastoral care and social work but in doctoral
seminars on the history and methods of pastoral theology."
--Robert Dykstra, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ
Product Details
- Title : Converging Horizons: Essays in Religion, Psychology, and Caregiving
- Authors:
- Cole, Allan Hugh, Jr.
- Hamman, Jaco J.
- Publisher: Cascade Books
- Publication Date: 2015
- ISBN: 9781630878306
Allan Hugh Cole Jr. is Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin. He is the author or editor of ten books.