Description: At a time when there is concern within the church to draw on its historic resources for use in the transformation of persons, this book presents a model for the use of Scripture in pastoral counseling. Drawing on narrative biblical criticism and the psych
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Review Summary: Tantalizes but doesn't deliver
Date: 2005-01-19
Details: I bought this book becuase it appeared to follow the precepts and structure of Narrative therapy, with special attention given to the re-authoring and externalizing processes, areas that I see as important in the field of pastoral care. However, it has little to do with Narrative work, but rather seems to embrace traditional pastoral care practices mingled with standard material from other mental health disciplines, and I have thus come away feeling dissapointed. The verbatim material is also rather scant. I would still like to see a piece that genuinely integrates the Bible into the re-authoring process.
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