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A Pastor's Guide to Interpersonal Communication: The Other Six Days

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    9780789026668

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    078902666X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2006-05-04
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

A Pastor's Guide to Interpersonal Communication: The Other Six Days provides clergy as well as students preparing for pastoral ministry with specialized training in communications that focuses on the kind of one-on-one conversations they can expect to have with their parishioners. This comprehensive book examines a variety of essential topics, including perception, self-disclosure, verbal and nonverbal messages, listening, stages of relational development, power assertiveness and dominance, conflict management, forgiveness, persuasion, dual relationships, pastoral family communication, and how to develop a communications model. Each chapter includes "Pastoral Conversations" (real-life dialogues presented for analysis); "Key Concepts" for quick student review; "Meanings Mania" (self-tests on vocabulary); and "Unleashing the Power of Interpersonal Communication" (student exercises that reinforce the practical aspects of key principles). Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
About the Author xii
Acknowledgments xiii
Interpersonal Pastoral Communication
1(12)
Keys to Improving Interpersonal Skills
6(5)
Key Concepts
11(1)
Meanings Mania
11(1)
Unleashing the Power of Interpersonal Communication
12(1)
Models of Communication
13(16)
Linear Model
13(2)
Interactional Model
15(2)
Transactional Model
17(1)
Pastoral Interpersonal Communication Concepts
18(8)
Key Concepts
26(1)
Meanings Mania
26(1)
Unleashing the Power of Interpersonal Communication
27(2)
Perception
29(16)
The Perception Process
32(3)
Interpretive Guidelines
35(3)
Perceptual Shortcuts
38(3)
Key Concepts
41(1)
Meanings Mania
42(1)
Unleashing the Power of Interpersonal Communication
43(2)
Self-Disclosure
45(16)
Self-Disclosure Defined
45(2)
How Self-Disclosure Works
47(2)
Why Do Pastors Self-Disclose?
49(6)
Why Don't Pastors Self-Disclose?
55(2)
Encouraging Others to Self-Disclose
57(1)
Key Concepts
58(1)
Meanings Mania
58(1)
Unleashing the Power of Interpersonal Communication
59(2)
Verbal Messages
61(16)
The Nature of Words
62(6)
Gossip: A Word Better Left Unspoken
68(2)
Confidentiality: A Limit on Pastoral Words
70(3)
Key Concepts
73(1)
Meanings Mania
74(1)
Unleashing the Power of Interpersonal Communication
75(2)
Nonverbal Messages
77(12)
Appearance
78(1)
Gestures and Body Movements
79(1)
Facial Expressions and Eye Behavior
80(1)
Vocalics
80(1)
Space and Territoriality
81(2)
Touch
83(2)
Time
85(2)
Key Concepts
87(1)
Meanings Mania
87(1)
Unleashing the Power of Interpersonal Communication
88(1)
Listening
89(16)
Stumbling Blocks to Listening
92(6)
Building Blocks to Listening
98(4)
Key Concepts
102(1)
Meanings Mania
103(1)
Unleashing the Power of Interpersonal Communication
104(1)
Stages of Relational Development
105(16)
General Relational Stages
105(3)
Initial Interaction
108(1)
Relationship Building
109(2)
Relationship Maintenance
111(3)
Relationship Dissolution
114(2)
Final Interaction
116(1)
Further Considerations
117(2)
Key Concepts
119(1)
Meanings Mania
119(1)
Unleashing the Power of Interpersonal Communication
120(1)
Power, Assertiveness, and Dominance
121(14)
Power
123(5)
Assertiveness
128(2)
Dominance
130(1)
Key Concepts
131(1)
Meanings Mania
132(1)
Unleashing the Power of Interpersonal Communication
133(2)
Managing Conflict
135(18)
The Nature of Conflict
137(4)
Constructive or Destructive Conflict?
141(1)
Conflict Management Styles
142(5)
Negotiation Strategies
147(2)
Key Concepts
149(1)
Meanings Mania
150(1)
Unleashing the Power of Interpersonal Communication
151(2)
Forgiveness
153(12)
Forgiveness Myths
155(6)
The Forgiveness Process
161(2)
Key Concepts
163(1)
Meanings Mania
163(1)
Unleashing the Power of Interpersonal Communication
164(1)
Persuasion
165(16)
The Nature of Persuasion
165(2)
Ethical Persuasion
167(1)
Elements of Persuasion
168(2)
Theories of Persuasion
170(9)
Key Concepts
179(1)
Meanings Mania
179(1)
Unleashing the Power of Interpersonal Communication
180(1)
Dual Relationships
181(16)
Pastor/Counselor
183(2)
Pastor/Lover
185(1)
Pastor/Family Member
186(2)
Pastor/Friend
188(3)
Pastor/Former Pastor
191(3)
Preventions
194(1)
Key Concepts
195(1)
Meanings Mania
196(1)
Unleashing the Power of Interpersonal Communication
196(1)
Pastor, Partner, Parent
197(18)
Pitfalls to Pastoral Family Communication
198(11)
Resources for Pastoral Family Communication
209(3)
Key Concepts
212(1)
Meanings Mania
213(1)
Unleashing the Power of Interpersonal Communication
213(2)
References 215(10)
Index 225

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