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9780664255886

Hope in Pastoral Care and Counseling

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  • ISBN13:

    9780664255886

  • ISBN10:

    0664255884

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1995-04-01
  • Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr
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Summary

In this ground-breaking book, pastoral counselor Andrew Lester demonstrates that pastoral theology (as well as social and behavioral sciences) has neglected to address effectively the predominant cause of human suffering: a lack of hope, a sense of futurelessness. Lester not only looks at the reasons why addressing the ideas of hope and despair has been overlooked by pastoral theology and other social and behavioral sciences. He also offers a starting point for the development of addressing these important dimensions of human life. He provides clinical theories and methods for pastoral assessment of and intervention with those who despair. He also puts forth strategies for assessing the future stories of those who despair and offers a corrective to these stories through deconstruction, reframing, and reconstruction.

Author Biography

Andrew D. Lester is Professor of Pastoral Theology and Pastoral Counseling at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introductionp. 1
The Power of Future in Human Existencep. 11
Narrative Theory and Future Storiesp. 27
Future Stories and Human Brokennessp. 43
Future Stories and Hopep. 59
Future Stories and Despairp. 72
The Dynamics of Hope and Despairp. 85
Hearing the Future Storyp. 103
Resistance to Exploring Future Storiesp. 115
Confronting Dysfunctional Future Storiesp. 125
Construction of Hopeful Future Storiesp. 138
Notesp. 153
Index of Scripture, Names, and Subjectsp. 165
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