Religious Diagnosis in a Secular Society: A Staff for the Journey

by Donald D. Denton Jr.

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761809654
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	12/18/1997
Pages:	158
Product dimensions:	5.88(w) x 8.46(h) x 0.52(d)

About the Author

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

Editorial Reviews

...a significant contribution...lays out in a readable and engaging style a multi-axial system for contemporary pastoral assessment.

Oliver J. Morgan

...the volume contains a number of usable concepts for anyone in ministry who seeks new categories for their counseling task.

The Army Chaplaincy - William V. Arnold

...addresses a very important subject of looking at diagnostic concerns from the point of view of religion...a commendable effort.

William V. Arnold

...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

...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 "

...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

From the Publisher

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

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

Journal Of Pastoral Care

...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

The Army Chaplaincy