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Spiritual and Pastoral Care Subject Guide
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A sample of the online books available include:
- ACT for Clergy and Pastoral Counselors: Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Bridge Psychological and Spiritual Care
Nieuwsma, Jason A. 2016
- America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
Wallis, Jim 2016
- Angry Christian: A Theology for Care and Counseling
Lester, Andrew D. 2003
- Art of Pastoring: Ministry Without All the Answers
Hansen, David. 2012
- Authority Is Relational: Rethinking Educational Empowerment
Bingham, Charles W. 2008
- Bearing the Unbearable: Trauma, Gospel, and Pastoral Care
Hunsinger, Deborah van Deusen 2015
- Becoming a Pastor Theologian: New Possibilities for Church Leadership
Wilson, Todd A. 2016
- Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Van der Kolk, Bessel A. 2015
- Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps
Rohr, Richard 2011
- Christianity & Psychoanalysis: A New Conversation
Bland, Earl D. 2014
- Christianity and Developmental Psychopathology: Foundations and Approaches
Hall, Sarah E. 2014
- Clergy Self-Care: Finding a Balance for Effective Ministry
Oswald, Roy M. 1991
- Community Is Messy: The Perils and Promise of Small Group Ministry
Zempel, Heather 2012
- Converging Horizons: Essays in Religion, Psychology, and Caregiving
Cole, Alan Hugh 2015
- Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Christian Perspective
Tan, Siang-Yang 2011
- Counseling for the Soul in Distress: What Every Religious Counselor Should Know About Emotional and Mental Illness
Roukema, Richard W. 2003
- Creative Styles of Preaching
Elliott, Mark Barger 2000
- Disaster Ministry Handbook
Aten, Jamie D. 2015
- Distance in Preaching: Room to Speak, Space to Listen
Brothers, Michael 2014
- Divorce and Remarriage in the Church: Biblical Solutions for Pastoral Realities
Instone-Brewer, David 2003
- Drinking From the Same Well: Cross-cultural Concerns in Pastoral Care and Counseling
Johnson, Lydia 2011
- Embracing the Other: The Transformative Spirit of Love
Kim, Grace Ji-Sun 2015
- Evangelical Ethics: A Reader
Sharp, Isaac B. 2015
- Evangelical, Catholic, and Reformed: Essays on Barth and Other Themes
Hunsinger, George 2015
- Faithful Artist: A Vision for Evangelicalism and the Arts
Anderson, Cameron J. 2016
- Feminine Registers: The Importance of Women's Voices for Christian Preaching
Copeland, Jennifer Elaine 2014
- Foundations for Soul Care: A Christian Psychology Proposal
Johnson, Eric L. 2007
- Foundations of Pastoral Care
Petersen, Bruce L. 2007
- Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue
Friedman, Edwin H. 1985
- Grace for the Afflicted: A Clinical and Biblical Perspective on Mental Illness
Stanford, Matthew S. 2008
- Helping Those Who Hurt: A Handbook and Resource Guide for Caring and Crisis
Roberts, Barbara M. 2009
- Home and Away: Contextual Theology and Local Practice
Pearson, Clive-Burns 2013
- How to Get the Most Out of Clinical Pastoral Education: A CPE Primer
Hilsman, Gordon J. 2018
- How to Think Theologically
Stone, Howard W. 2013
- Integrative Psychotherapy: Toward a Comprehensive Christian Approach
McMinn, Mark R. 2007
- Just Forgiveness: Responsible Healing Without Excusing Injustice
Worthington, Everett L. 2009
- Liberty to the Captives: Our Call to Minister in a Captive World
Rivera, Raymond 2012
- Listening and Caring Skills: A Guide for Groups and Leaders
Savage, John 1996
- Liturgy of Grief: A Pastoral Commentary on Lamentations
Allen, Leslie C. 2011
- Making Health Care Whole: Integrating Spirituality Into Patient Care
Puchalski, Christina M. 2010
- Meet Me at the Palaver: Narrative Pastoral Counseling in Post Colonial Contexts
Mucherera, Tapiwa N.2010
- Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation
Sue, Derald Wing 2010
- Ministry with Youth in Crisis
Atkinson, Harley-Barnett 2016
- Model for Marriage: Covenant, Grace, Empowerment, and Intimacy
Balswick, Jack O. 2006
- Moral Injury Reconciliation: A Practitioner’s Guide for Treating Moral Injury, PTSD, Grief, and Military Sexual Trauma Through Spiritual Formation Strategies
Lee, Lewis Jeff 2018
- Most Excellent Way to Lead: Discover the Heart of Great Leadership
Noble, Perry 2016
- Motivational Interviewing, Third Edition: Helping People Change
Miller, William R. 2013
- Multifaith Chaplaincy in the Workplace: How Chaplains Can Support Organizations and Their Employees
Stewart-Darling, Fiona 2017
- One Ministry, Many Ministers: A Case Study From the Reformed Tradition
Sell, Alan P. F. 2014
- Pastor As Public Theologian: Reclaiming a Lost Vision
Vanhoozer, Kevin J. 2015
- Pastoral Care in Context: An Introduction to Pastoral Care
Patton, John 2005
- Pastoral Care in Times of Death and Dying
Goddard, Danny 2009
- Personhood and Presence: Self As a Resource for Spiritual and Pastoral Care
Kelly, Ewan 2012
- Practice of Pastoral Care: A Postmodern Approach
Doehring, Carrie 2015
- Practice of Story: Suffering and the Possibilities of Redemption
Makant, Mindy 2015
- Putting a New Spin On Groups: The Science of Chaos
McClure, Bud A. 2005
- Questions Preachers Ask: Essays in Honor of Thomas G. Long
Long, Thomas G. 2016
- Quick Scripture Reference for Counseling Men
Miller, Keith R. 2014
- Quick-Reference Guide to Counseling Women
Clinton, Timothy E. 2011
- Reciprocating Self: Human Development in Theological Perspective
Balswick, Jack O. 2005
- Reclaiming Pietism: Retrieving Evangelical Tradition
Olson, Roger E. 2015
- Reframing PTSD As Traumatic Grief: How Caregivers Can Companion Traumatized Grievers Through Catch-Up Mourning
Wolfelt, Alan 2014
- Released From Shame: Moving Beyond the Pain of the Past
Wilson, Sandra D. 2002
- Skills for Effective Counseling: A Faith-Based Integration
Nesbit Sbanotto, Elizabeth A. 2016
- Soft Shepherd or Almighty Pastor?: Power and Pastoral Care
Dillen, Annemie 2014
- Spiritual Care in Common Terms: How Chaplains can effectively describe the spiritual needs of patients in medical records
Hilsman, Gordon J. 2016
- Spiritual Care in Practice: Case Studies in Healthcare Chaplaincy
Fitchett, George 2015
- Spiritual Formation in Emerging Adulthood: A Practical Theology for College and Young Adult Ministry
Setran, David P. 2013
- Spirituality in Clinical Practice: Theory and Practice of Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapy
Sperry, Len 2011
- Story That Chooses Us: A Tapestry of Missional Vision
Hunsberger, George R. 2015
- Succession Principle: How Leaders Make Leaders
McKenna, David L. 2014
- Teaching To Transgress
Hooks, Bell 1994
- Teams That Thrive: Five Disciplines of Collaborative Church Leadership
Hartwig, Ryan T. 2015
- Transitions: Leading Churches Through Change
Mosser, David 2011
- An Uncertain Certainty: Snapshots in a Journey From 'either-or' to 'both-and' in Christian Ministry
Buxton, Graham 2014
- Vulnerable Pastor: How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry
Smith, Mandy 2015
- Walking in Wonder: Resilience in Ministry
Sinclair, George R., Jr. 2014
- War and the Soul: Healing Our Nation's Veterans From Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Tick, Edward 2005
- When Life Goes Dark: Finding Hope in the Midst of Depression
Winter, Richard 2012
- When Your People Are Grieving: Leading in Times of Loss
Smith, Harold Ivan 2001
- Witness of Preaching
Long, Thomas G. 2016
- Women Who Lead: The Call of Women in Ministry
Paul, Mary 2011
