This book draws on extensive clinical experience to create a useful model for religious diagnosis. Clinicians and clergy will find the book useful in their care of troubled people. Contents: Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Patterns of Religious Diagnosis; Ethical Guilt: The Feeling of Blame: Being Punished, Feeling Guilty, Seeking Redress; Idolatry: The Feeling of Betrayal: Being Violated, Feeling Terror or Rage, Recovering the Hope of Ultimacy; Dread: The Feeling of Defilement: Being Abandoned, Feeling Dread, Rediscovering Joy; Summary: Diagnosis, Piety and Theology, Diagnosis and the Transcendent Function; Epilogue; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.

About the Author
Donald D. Denton, Jr. is Coordinator of Assessments and Publications at Virginia Institute of Pastoral Care in Richmond, Virginia.

Reviews
...the volume contains a number of usable concepts for anyone in ministry who seeks new categories for their counseling task. -- William V. Arnold, THE VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF PASTORAL CARE QUOTE JOURNAL * The Army Chaplaincy *
I was impressed by the realistic wisdom which the author brings to his book...I salute Denton's work to help pastoral theologians, regardless of their particular specialty, to deal seriously with assessment and goal setting for alleviating soul-sickness in the populations they serve. -- William V. Arnold, THE VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF PASTORAL CARE QUOTE JOURNAL * The Journal Of Pastoral Care and Counseling *
...addresses a very important subject of looking at diagnostic concerns from the point of view of religion...a commendable effort. -- William V. Arnold, THE VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF PASTORAL CARE QUOTE JOURNAL
...a significant contribution...lays out in a readable and engaging style a multi-axial system for contemporary pastoral assessment. -- Oliver J. Morgan, SJ, Journal of Ministry in Addiction & Recovery
Engaging and depth-full exposure of a genuine pastoral perspective on working with people through the pilgrimages of their lives. -- William V. Arnold, THE VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF PASTORAL CARE QUOTE JOURNAL
Engaging and depth-full exposure of a genuine pastoral perspective on working with people through the pilgrimages of their lives. -- William V. Arnold, THE VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF PASTORAL CARE QUOTE JOURNAL
...the volume contains a number of usable concepts for anyone in ministry who seeks new categories for their counseling task. -- William V. Arnold, THE VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF PASTORAL CARE QUOTE JOURNAL * The Army Chaplaincy *
I was impressed by the realistic wisdom which the author brings to his book...I salute Denton's work to help pastoral theologians, regardless of their particular specialty, to deal seriously with assessment and goal setting for alleviating soul-sickness in the populations they serve. -- William V. Arnold, THE VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF PASTORAL CARE QUOTE JOURNAL * The Journal Of Pastoral Care and Counseling *
...a significant contribution...lays out in a readable and engaging style a multi-axial system for contemporary pastoral assessment. -- Oliver J. Morgan, SJ, Journal of Ministry in Addiction & Recovery



Book Information
ISBN 9780761809654
Author Donald D. Denton
Format Paperback
Page Count 158
Imprint University Press of America
Publisher University Press of America
Weight(grams) 213g
Dimensions(mm) 215mm * 149mm * 13mm