Pastoral Care to Muslims: Building Bridges Contributor(s): Kirkwood, Neville A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0789014777 ISBN-13: 9780789014771 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $63.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2001 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Counseling & Recovery - Reference - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
Dewey: 261.27 |
LCCN: 2001024390 |
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.02" W x 8.38" (0.58 lbs) 162 pages |
Themes: - Theometrics - Academic |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Fulfill Christ's injunction in Matthew 25 Pastoral Care to Muslims: Building Bridges recognizes that more and more often pastoral care workers are encountering Muslims in hospitals. This is the guidebook you need to provide the spiritual support these patients are able to accept--support that doesn't conflict with their religious affiliations.The first section of Pastoral Care to Muslims provides an outline of the major beliefs of Islam, chiefly those that relate to illness and dying. The Koran is freely quoted to support these beliefs and practices. The second section of the book delivers a set of guidelines for the practice of pastoral care to hospitalized Muslims. These guidelines have been field tested with positive results. The book's two appendixes supply you with samples of the kinds of prayers that are acceptable to Muslims. In this valuable book you'll find:
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