Psychology, religion, and human need; a guide for ministers, doctors, teachers, and social workers.

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Author / Creator:Carrington, William Lytle, 1914-
Imprint:Great Neck, N.Y. Channel Press [©1957]
Description:xi, 315 pages
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13224215
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Other form:Online version: Carrington, William Lytle, 1914- Psychology, religion, and human need. Great Neck, N.Y. Channel Press [©1957]
Table of Contents:
  • Part one: The modern psychological and religious approach to human need
  • 1. The general nature and scope of personal help
  • The modern Christian ministry
  • The inner resources needed
  • Making contact and winning confidence
  • 2. The general psychological background
  • The springs of human attitude and conduct
  • The main schools of psychology
  • The specific psychological and religious background
  • Development of personality, abundant life
  • Part two: The personal and educational ministry
  • 4. The fine art of visiting and interviewing people
  • Is pastoral visiting still worth while in these days
  • The real purpose of pastoral visiting
  • Some practical aspects of visiting
  • The fine are of interviewing
  • Some practical aspects of interviewing
  • 5. Helping people in worship, prayer, and the guidance of God
  • 6. Educating people for Christian marriage and parenthood
  • An urgent and universal need
  • A comprehensive plan to meet it
  • 7. Pre-marital preparation: medical and pastoral aspects
  • The medical part in pre-marital preparation
  • The pastoral part in pre-marital preparation
  • 8. The wedding and the early years of marriage
  • Making the most of the marriage service
  • Education after marriage and for parenthood
  • 9. Equipping parents t give religious and sex education to young children in the home
  • Example: the character of the parents
  • Experience: the parents' control of the child's environment
  • Experiment: project and practice
  • Direct teaching by picture, word, and the answering o questions
  • The sexual part of religious education in the home
  • 10. Equipping parents another to understand and help the adolescent
  • Fitness for marriage, courtship, and choice of mate, "the case for chastity"
  • Part three: The healing ministry
  • 11. The church's part in healing.
  • 12. Priestly healing
  • 13. Pastoral healing through personal counseling
  • 14. The Christian approach to some emotional disorders
  • Resentment against life, or against God
  • Resentment against other people
  • The sense of guilt or failure
  • Anxiety and apprehensiveness
  • Frustration and futility
  • Loneliness
  • Grief
  • Some sexual difficulties and conflicts
  • 15. Understanding and helping the alcoholic
  • 16. Understanding and helping the mentally ill
  • What do we mean by "mental illness"
  • The psychoneurotic and psychosomatic reaction types
  • The psychotic reaction types
  • Psychopathic disorders
  • 17. Marriage counseling
  • 18. Visiting the sick
  • Part four: The evangelistic ministry
  • 19. "Every Christian an evangelist."