Title: The Christian pastor.
Authors: Oates, Wayne Edward, 1917-
Publisher: Westminster Press
Year: 1964
Subjects: Pastoral theology.; Pastoral psychology.
Contents: Part One: The Pastoral Task -- I. The Crisis Ministry of the Pastor -- II. The Symbolic Role of the Pastor -- III. The Personal Qualifications of the Pastor -- IV. The Identity and Integrity of the Pastor -- Part Two: Pastoral Methods -- V. Conditioning Influences on Pastoral Methods -- VI. The Levels of Pastoral Care: Friendship, Comfort, Confession, and Teaching -- VII. The Deeper Levels of Pastoral Care -- VIII. The Pastor as a Minister of Introduction -- Appendixes -- A. Criteria for Evaluating Effective Pastoral Care -- B. Records of Pastoral Work -- C. A Systematic Program of Reading.