The Pastoral Care Case: Learning about Care in Congregations

by Donald Capps, Gene Fowler

Overview

The case study method is popular and effective in the pastoral care of individuals. This book outlines a method for using the case study approach on a congregational level, offering guidelines for analyzing and refining such aspects of ministry as worship, preaching, and Christian education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781725227880
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	03/01/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	178
File size:	27 MB
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About the Author

Donald Capps (1939-2015) was William Harte Felmeth Professor of Pastoral Theology (Emeritus) and adjunct professor at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author of At Home in the World: A Study in Psychoanalysis, Religion, and Art (Cascade Books, 2013), Striking Out: The Religious Journey of Teenage Boys (Cascade Books, 2011), and Understanding Psychosis: Issues and Challenges for Sufferers, Families, and Friends (2010).

Gene Fowler is pastor of Mayfair Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Illinoise. He has a Ph.D. in pastoral theology from Princeton Theological Seminary.
Donald Capps (1939-2015) was William Harte Felmeth Professor of Pastoral Theology (Emeritus) and Adjunct Professor at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author of Striking Out (Cascade Books, 2011), At Home in the World (Cascade Books, 2013), Still Growing (Cascade Books, 2014), and The Resourceful Self (Cascade Books, 2014). He is coauthor with Nathan Carlin of Living in Limbo (Cascade Books, 2010) and The Gift of Sublimation (Cascade Books, 2015).
Gene Fowler served as pastor in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A), prior to his death in 2020. He earned a Ph.D. in pastoral theology from Princeton Theological Seminary and while he served the Church authored Caring Through the Funeral: A Pastor’s Guide (2004) and Church Abuse of Clergy: A Radical New Understanding (2020). He was dedicated to the study of pastoral theology in the context of the local congregation.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 Case Interpretation in Pastoral Care Education 5

2 Envisioning the Pastoral Care Case 29

3 Meaning and the Pastoral Care Case 53

4 Learning from Pastoral Care Case Interpretation 77

5 What Does Pastoral Care Case Writing Do for the Writer? 105

6 The Limitations of the Pastoral Care Case 125

Epilogue: Becoming a Local Religious Author 155

References 163

Index 167