| The Family Handbook (Frc) Contributor(s): Anderson, Herbert (Editor), Browning, Don S. (Editor), Evison, Ian S. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0664256902 ISBN-13: 9780664256906 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press OUR PRICE: $54.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1998 Annotation: This encyclopedic volume brings clarity and focus to a multitude of family issues. The expert contributors deal with practical and important questions, thereby providing information of significant usefulness to social workers, therapists, lawyers, ministers, and health care professionals. Those who work with families will both learn new techniques and see their efforts in a larger context. An extensive directory of family resources provides the reader with helpful and practical information. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Counseling & Recovery - Religion | Christian Living - Family & Relationships |
| Dewey: 261.835 |
| LCCN: 97050227 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.01" W x 9.06" (1.19 lbs) 345 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Mainline - Religious Orientation - Christian - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This encyclopedic volume brings clarity and focus to a multitude of family issues. The expert contributors deal with practical and important questions, thereby providing information of significant usefulness to social workers, therapists, lawyers, ministers, and health-care professionals. Those who work with families will learn new techniques and see their efforts in a larger context. An extensive directory of family resources provides the reader with helpful and practical information. The Family, Culture, and Religion series offers informed and responsible analyses of the state of the American family from a religious perspective and provides practical assistance for the family's revitalization. |
Contributor Bio(s): Browning, Don S.: - Don S. Browning is Alexander Campbell Professor Emeritus of Ethics and the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago Divinity School in Chicago, Illinois. He is the author of Religious Thought and Modern Psychologies and Reviving Christian Humanism: The New Conversation on Spirituality, Theology, and Psychology.Anderson, Herbert: - Herbert Anderson is currently Research Professor of Practical Theology at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, California. He is the author or coauthor of over ninety articles and thirteen books, many of which are focused on integrating theology and family systems theory.Evison, Ian S.: - Ian S. Evison is Director of Research at the Alban Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.Leeuwen, Mary Stewart Van: - Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen is Professor of Psychology and Philosophy at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. She has been a senior editor of Christianity Today and is currently a contributing editor for Books & Culture. She has written, cowritten, and contributed to several books, including The Psychology of Intergroup Relations, The Person in Psychology, After Eden, and Women and the Future of the Family. |