Download or read book Pastoral Diagnosis written by Nancy J. Ramsay and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pastoral Diagnosis is the first book-length analysis of pastoral assessment of parishioners' presenting problems to be published in the last two decades. This pioneering book retrieves the theological and ethical foundations of the Judeo-Christian tradition for pastoral care, opens up lines of communication between pastoral theology and the other theological disciplines, and helps clergy and other pastoral care and counseling professionals move beyond the current preoccupation with secular psychotherapy and the other social sciences.