Behind the masks: Personality Disorders in Religious Behavior (Personality Disorders in Religious Behaviour) - Softcover

Oates, Wayne Edward

 
9780664240288: Behind the masks: Personality Disorders in Religious Behavior (Personality Disorders in Religious Behaviour)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0664240283 ISBN 13: 9780664240288
Verlag: Westminster John Knox Press, 1987

Inhaltsangabe

Wayne Oates, one of America's leading pastoral counselors, draws on psychological insights to describe in everyday language several common personality disorders that make human interaction so difficult. He examines the reasons why individuals develop as they do and illuminates how personality disorders can result in destructive relgious behavior. Proposing pastoral care approaches that combine understanding with empathy and firmness, Oates discusses how the resources of the Christian faith can unmask these disorders so the real person can emerge. He concludes with a sixfold agenda for the total ministry of the church to prevent, affect, and deal with personality disorders.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Wayne E. Oates was Senior Research Professor at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Oates was interested in the relationship between theology and psychiatry, and wrote over fifty books on this subject before his death in 1999.

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One of America's leading pastoral counselors draws on the most recent psychological insights to describe in everyday language common personality disorders that make human interaction so difficult. Dr. Oates focuses on eight 'ways of life' that are observed in parents, teacher, employers, employees, pastors, and members of the congregation: in short, throughout all walks of life. He examines the reasons why individuals develop as they do and illustrates how personality disorders can result in destructive religious behavior.

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Verlag
Westminster John Knox Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1987
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0664240283
ISBN 13 
9780664240288
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
140
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