The Integrity of Pastoral Care

David Lyall

9780281050260

208 pages

SPCK Group

Paperback / softback $21.99

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Overview

This work presents a study of pastoral care as the central pastoral ministry of the church, relating it to other functions of Christian ministry. The theological importance of pastoral care is explored, and other pastoral activities.

Author Bio

David Lyall is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology at the University of Edinburgh. He co-authored (with John Foskett) Helping the Helpers: Supervision and Pastoral Care (SPCK 1988), another key title in the NLPC series. He also wrote Counselling in the Pastoral and Spiritual Context (Open University Press 1995).