Healing the soul of the church
Subtitle: ministers facing their own childhood abuse and trauma
By: by Robert Grant
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Robert Grant
Published: 1994
Place of publication: [Burlingame, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Clergy; Mental health; Adult child abuse victims; Catholic Church
Other titles: Ministers facing their own childhood abuse and trauma
Notes: Second printing.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-192) and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Trauma. 1. The issue; title: 2. Childhood abuse; title: 3. Parents who abuse; title: 4. Forms of abuse; title: 5. What is trauma; title: 6. Factors inhibiting the recovery of traumatic material; title: 7. Factors complicating the retrieval of traumatic memories. II. Trauma and the Catholic Church. 8. Religious education; title: 9. Reasons for entering clerical or religious life; title: 10. Religious formation; title: 11. Community life; title: 12. Sexuality; title: 13. Religious culture; title: 14. Trauma in ministry; title: 15. Spirituality and trauma; title: 16. Recommendations; title: 17. Conclusion.; title: adam