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“I enjoy reading scholarly books that offer different perspectives and new insights. Browning-Helsel’s book is one of those that open up new vistas to explore and study, whether for students, pastoral ministers, or educators. … this is one of the books that help us engage with the macro-political and economic issues that impact people within and outside of the church. More particularly, it is a book that challenges us to think seriously about class and its relation to mental suffering.” (Ryan Lamothe, Journal of Pastoral Theology, Vol. 26 (3), February, 2017)
“This book deals with various practical reasons that cause mental illness in which economical issue contribute a lot. The author gives practical suggestions to equip the minsters and thecounselors to deals with economic and social context in which the patients live. … In this context, this book is very relevant and useful to the students of psychology and to anyone who intend to help people affected with mental illness.” (Paul Sigamony, New Life Theological Journal, Vol. 6 (2), December, 2016)
'Helsel calls for pastoral careers to become advocates across social classes bearers of pastoral power aimed at economic and social justice. Such care seeks to liberate the voices of the economically deprived and enable forms of agency that challenge biomedical understandings of the roots of mental ill-health. In calling for counselors to advocate across the social classes, Helsel opens up vital social and economic dimensions to the pastoral task of mental health care. This book will challenge all of us to re-think the natureof mental health issues and to re-evaluate what a faithful pastoral response might look like.' - John Swinton, University of Aberdeen, UK
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pastoral Power Beyond Psychology's Marginalization
Book Subtitle: Resisting the Discourses of the Psy-Complex
Authors: Philip Browning Helsel
Series Title: New Approaches to Religion and Power
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-49269-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-49782-6Published: 29 September 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-49269-2Published: 29 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2634-6079
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6087
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 254
Topics: Health Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Religious Studies, general, Christianity, Social Sciences, general