Steinke, Peter L.

How your church family works : understanding congregations as emotional systems / Peter L. Steinke. - xx, 146 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-146).

The concept of a system -- Anxiety and reactivity -- Separateness and closeness -- Stability and change -- Clarity and compassion -- 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.

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Parishes--Psychology.
Church controversies.
System theory.

BV640 / .S785 2006

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