Through the Eyes of Women: Insights for Pastoral Care

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Jeanne Stevenson Moessner
Fortress Press, 1996 - Religion - 333 pages

A comprehensive survey of care of women, by women, from a religious standpoint results from the collaboration of nineteen leading women in the field of pastoral care. Subjects include the role of women in pastoral theology and pastoral care, care of African American women, and of women entering ministry. The book treats anger, aggression, lesbian identities, loss of mothers, eating disorders, hysterectomy, mastectomy, rape, and older women's issues. The volume concludes with women's spiritual care, community, self-sacrifice, and self-denial.

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About the author (1996)

Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner is professor of pastoral care and pastoral theology at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University; an ordained Presbyterian minister (PCUSA); a psychotherapist in ACPE; a member of the International Academy of Practical Theology; a Henry Luce III Fellow; a McCord Fellow at the Center of Theological Inquiry; and a former president of the Society for Pastoral Theology. She coedited a volume that transformed the field of pastoral theology, Women in Travail and Transition: A New Pastoral Care (Fortress Press, 1990). Three additional pioneering volumes followed, all with Fortress Press.

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TitleThrough the Eyes of Women: Insights for Pastoral Care
The handbook of womencare
EditorJeanne Stevenson Moessner
PublisherFortress Press, 1996
ISBN0800629280, 9780800629281
Length333 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Religion / Christian Living / General
Religion / Christian Living / Women's Interests
Religion / Christian Ministry / Adult
Religion / Christian Ministry / Counseling & Recovery
Religion / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources
Religion / General
  
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