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How your 21st-century church family works : understanding congregations as emotional systems / Peter L. Steinke ; foreword by Emlyn A. Ott.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]Edition: Second editionDescription: xiv, 141 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781538149133
  • 1538149133
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: How your twenty-first-century church family worksDDC classification:
  • 253 23
LOC classification:
  • BV640 .S785 2021
Contents:
Part I. Conceptualizing emotional processes. The concept of a system -- Anxiety and reactivity -- Separateness and closeness -- Stability and change -- Clarity and compassion -- Part II. The congregation as an emotional system. Do not go gently into that glob of glue -- Being a prophet is nice work: if you can find a job -- What shall it profit a parish if it gets over the hump but falls into the abyss? -- Remembering the future -- Believing and belonging.
Summary: "Peter L. Steinke's daughter brings together the final writings from her father in this update of his classic book How Your Church Family Learns. The new edition includes a foreword from Steinke's longtime colleague Emlyn A. Ott at Healthy Congregations--the nonprofit consultancy founded by Steinke"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Print book for loan Krauth Memorial Branch Philadelphia General Collection BV640.S785 2021 Available 31794003223741
Print book for loan Krauth Memorial Branch Philadelphia CD-ROM Collection - Ask Staff to Access BV640 .S785 2021 Available 31794003184778
Print book for loan Wentz Memorial Branch Gettysburg General Collection (Lower Level) BV640 .S785 2021 Available 31826003534352
Print book for loan Wentz Memorial Branch Gettysburg General Collection (Lower Level) BV640 .S785 2021 Available 31826003531424

"An Alban Institute Book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Conceptualizing emotional processes. The concept of a system -- Anxiety and reactivity -- Separateness and closeness -- Stability and change -- Clarity and compassion -- Part II. The congregation as an emotional system. Do not go gently into that glob of glue -- Being a prophet is nice work: if you can find a job -- What shall it profit a parish if it gets over the hump but falls into the abyss? -- Remembering the future -- Believing and belonging.

"Peter L. Steinke's daughter brings together the final writings from her father in this update of his classic book How Your Church Family Learns. The new edition includes a foreword from Steinke's longtime colleague Emlyn A. Ott at Healthy Congregations--the nonprofit consultancy founded by Steinke"-- Provided by publisher.

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