Be Not Anxious

by Cole, Allan Hugh, Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780802863102
• ISBN10: 0802863108
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-15
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

"As Allan Cole knows firsthand, both personally and pastorally, Christians are not immune from anxiety, and many believers go to their church leaders for support and solace. This helpful book draws on narrative approaches to theology and counseling to suggest how pastoral caregivers may effectively minister to anxious persons." "Be Not Anxious provides pastors and other caregivers with a basic understanding of anxiety, including how to identify those suffering from it and how to get at what is making them anxious. Cole focuses both on cognitive-based methods and on common faith practices - church membership, frequent worship, prayer, Bible reading, service, and confession - showing how these may provide relief from anxiety. By addressing the roles of both psychiatry and ministry as co-liberators from anxiety, he leads the pastor and the faith community in helping disquieted souls to find rest."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Allan Hugh Cole Jr. is Nancy Taylor Williamson Associate Professor of Pastoral Care at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Austin, Texas. His previous works include From Midterms to Ministry (Eerdmans)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Anxiety: The Disquieted Soul	p. 1
Five Disquieted Souls: The Many Faces of Anxiety	p. 28
Why We Are Anxious: Ten Theological Views	p. 58
Why We Are Anxious: Three Psychological Views	p. 91
Connectedness: What the Disquieted Soul Needs and Desires	p. 125
Learning a Different Story: Why Disquieted Souls Need the Church	p. 168
Changing the Soul's Story: The Power of Faith Practices	p. 192
Epilogue: A Personal Note	p. 215
For Further Reading	p. 219
Index	p. 221
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