Emmanuel Y. Lartey

Doing Theology in Pandemics

Theology

“Moon has put together a timely assembly of essays by outstanding practical theologians that can truly be described as apocalyptic. . . . The COVID-19 pandemic has ‘blown the cover’ of the entire world. The inequities of global economic, political, and health systems and the ongoing trauma of racial violence . . . are laid bare before us all throughout the world. Doing Theology in Pandemics unpacks as well as provides pointers to the theological work that these apocalyptic times call for.”

Doing Therapy with Intercultural Couples

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

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Encounters for Change

World Religions

“Emeritus Steinberg Profesor of Human Relations and Modern Literature Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles Dagmar Grefe's Encounters for Change is an excellent exemplar of pastoral care and pastoral theology at its best. By careful engagement with and drawing upon social psychology's intergroup contact theory, conscientious reflection on theologies of religious pluralism, together with chaplaincy experience and education on the ground in hospital and community, this book brings readers much wisdom for the care of persons and communities in our 21st century global village full as it is with persons participating in a rich variety of religious faiths and traditions. Chaplains engaged regularly in interfaith pastoral care, rabbis, imams, ministers and religious leaders of different religious, cultural and social persuasions, as well as all who realize the need to be faithful to their own faith whilst being respectful and caring for other faithful people, will find much to learn and engage in here. Encounters for Change is a much needed right-on-time text for all caregivers.”

Exploring the Psychosocial and Psycho-spiritual Dynamics of Singleness Among African American Christian Women in Midlife

Women

“In a genuinely pastoral theological move, Hicks swims against the tide by paying careful attention and giving voice to Black, middle-aged, single, Christian women. The result is an exceedingly valuable and highly informative first in the literature on pastoral care of marginalized groups of people. Everyone who cares about all people in the church needs to read this book.”

For Freedom or Bondage?

Church Leadership & Ministry

“In this thoughtful, carefully researched, and much-needed book Esther Acolatse enters into critical engagement with African Christian pastoral practices, especially 'deliverance' ministries. . . . Her robust theoretical and practical approach, illustrated with actual contextual cases, avoids the dangers of over-spiritualization, under-psychologizing, and cultural irrelevance, which have marred effective care of souls in contemporary African cultures. For Freedom or Bondage? scratches exactly where African Christians currently itch. It should be required reading for all who have pastoral and educational responsibilities for persons influenced by African cultures.”

Liberalism and Colonial Violence

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Hellena Moon follows the logic of caring for human persons into a deeply thoughtful, insightful, and devastatingly critical interrogation of the social, economic, and political structures that frame the ordinary lives of the greatest number of human beings in the world today. All caregivers, whether we describe ourselves as pastoral, spiritual, or simply caregivers, need to carefully read and digest this book. It’s a game-changer.”

Many Voices

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“ROOTED IN RELATIONAL PSYCHOANALYSIS, enriched by postmodern pluriformity, and reflecting profound theological acuity, Many Voices is a nuanced and carefully researched work that captures the most significant features of the kind of pastoral theology that is needed in the twenty-first century. Because it is firmly based in a relational anthropology and theology, the book manages to bring into creative and critical dialogue the deep roots of psychoanalytic and psychodynamic psychotherapy, evocative aesthetic theology, and spirituality and to weave them into a process that is therapeutic and enlivening, as the cases that illustrate the text clearly demonstrate. Pamela Cooper-White has provided pastoral care providers with another vital resource for the theory and practice of pastoral psychotherapy.”

Mighty Stories, Dangerous Rituals

Church Leadership & Ministry

“This explosive mixture of narrative and liturgy has ignited many fires in seminary, church, and community over the years. The book infuses ancient ritual practices with living testimonies and stories, thereby enabling the transformation of personal as well as communal experience. A most enlivening encounter awaits whoever dares enter the creative and imaginative spaces portrayed in these pages.”

Misunderstanding Stories

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“Encounters across cultures are inevitably fraught with dangers of conflict and misunderstanding. Misunderstanding Stories offers a resourceful, nuanced, sensitive, and useful engagement with intercultural misunderstanding. This book makes a much-needed, substantial appeal to pastoral theologians to attend seriously to postcolonial perspectives for a more adequate response to the complexities of culture. Melinda McGarrah Sharp is to be commended.”

Opening the Red Door

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“Opening the Red Door is a brilliantly crafted exposition on the development, dynamics, and delivery of a service providing spiritually integrated psychotherapy especially for second-generation Korean Americans. . . . This very welcome book teaches us how to set up and operate counseling services that meet the needs of persons within the pluralistic reality of the world today.”

Our Bodies Are Alive

Women

“In this profoundly integrative work, seasoned chaplain and clinical pastoral educator Bridget Piggue, in conversation with African American clergy women, draws creatively upon the disciplines of neuroscience, womanist theology, psychology, and indigenous spirituality to demonstrate how radical self-regard and respect for body intelligence do provide a process of healing and path toward effective leadership practices in church and community.”

Preaching Black Earth

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Should Asase Yaa (Mother Earth, in Akan) decide to speak today, her voice would reverberate with the sounds contained in Preaching Black Earth . The authors of this polyphonic and polyvocal anthology witness through interviews, poems, spoken word, and preaching the groaning, sighing, and loud expressions of the agonies and triumphs of Mother Earth. The editor of this exceptional work, Professor Melanie Harris, has truly allowed the earth to have being and voice and thus be a participant in the global struggle for justice. Not only is God’s creative vision that all beings live in harmony clearly declared in this volume, but also ways of teaching, preaching, and creatively modeling the vision are made abundantly clear.”

The Practice of Pastoral Care, Revised and Expanded Edition

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“A carefully constructed and nuanced articulation of the essential features and dynamic operations of pastoral and spiritual care. Whilst not neglecting historic resources, Doehring helps situate the practice of care squarely in contemporary postmodern and pluralist settings drawing on narrative, intercultural and theological engagements with the complex exigencies of human experience. Spiritual caregivers of all kinds must have, read and digest this book.”

Unraveling Religious Leadership

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Regarding colonialism and decoloniality, historically perhaps one of the most ambiguous figures is the Christian religious leader. Like a skilled seamstress, Latina theologian Lizardy-Hajbi carefully examines this leadership function in terms of personhood, roles, authority, expertise, and change in the context of postcolonial North America, pulling out several threads of the fabric of colonialism and relinking strands into a quilt of many colors. Unraveling Religious Leadership is a must-read for all leaders in these politically and religiously turbulent times.”