Behind the Masks: Personality Disorders in Religious Behavior (Personality Disorders in Religious Behaviour)

Type

Book

Authors

Wayne E. Oates

ISBN 10

0664240283

ISBN 13

9780664240288

Tags

Personal Growth, Church History, Pastoral Resources, Counseling & Recovery, History, Christianity, Psychology, Theology

Description

Wayne Oates, one of America's leading pastoral counselors, draws on psychological insights to describe in everyday language several common personality disorders that make human interaction so difficult. He examines the reasons why individuals develop as they do and illuminates how personality disorders can result in destructive relgious behavior. Proposing pastoral care approaches that combine understanding with empathy and firmness, Oates discusses how the resources of the Christian faith can unmask these disorders so the real person can emerge. He concludes with a sixfold agenda for the total ministry of the church to prevent, affect, and deal with personality disorders. - from Amzon

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