Pastoral Care in Context : An Introduction to Pastoral Care - Patton, John (Louisville, Ky. : Westminster/John Knox Press, 1993)
Communal: care as remembering -- Contextual: care as re-membering -- Characteristics of the carers -- Care through consultation on caring -- Limit and loss -- the risks of care -- Patience and patienthood -- the need for care -- Abuse of self and others -- the failure to care -- Special relationships -- the balances of care -- Pastoral counseling: a ministry of availability and introduction -- Theological reflection on pastoral caring.
Keywords: Pastoral counseling.Church group work.Pastoral theology