Publication Date: February 1, 1998 | Series: Counseling and Pastoral Theology
Few moments are as devastating as when one hears a diagnosis of cancer, and one out of three Americans will hear this diagnosis in their lifetimes. In this book, Jann Aldredge-Clanton brings a perspective from a theology of hope for people struggling with cancer. She believes that in the midst of a frightening illness, our spiritual task is to reunderstand our life story in light of the sacred story of God's love in the world. This book is full of practical insights to enable pastors and pastoral counselors to help persons cope with the diagnosis and experience of cancer.
The purpose of the Counseling and Pastoral Theology series is to address clinical issues that arise among particular populations currently neglected in the literature on pastoral care and counseling. This series is committed to enhancing both the theoretical base and the clinical expertise of pastoral caregivers by providing a pastoral theological paradigm that will inform both assessment and intervention with persons in these specific populations.
Jann Aldredge-Clanton is an ordained minister, author, teacher, and chaplain. Her books include In Search of the Christ-Sophia: An Inclusive Christology for Liberating Christians, Imagine God! A Children's Musical Exploring and Expressing Images of God, and her autobiography, Breaking Free: The Story of a Feminist Baptist Minister.
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Paperback: 168 pages
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press; 1 edition (February 1, 1998)
Jann Aldredge-Clanton is an ordained minister, author, teacher, and chaplain. A native of Louisiana, Jann received the B.A. degree from Louisiana Polytechnic University, the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Texas Christian University, and the M.Div. from Southwestern Theological Seminary.
She is the author of Changing Church: Stories of Liberating Ministers (Cascade Books, 2011); Inclusive Hymns for Liberation, Peace, and Justice (Eakin Press, 2011); Seeking Wisdom: Inclusive Blessings and Prayers for Public Occasions (Wipf and Stock, 2010); Inclusive Hymns for Liberating Christians (Eakin Press, 2006); Breaking Free: The Story of a Feminist Baptist Minister (Eakin Press, 2002); In Search of the Christ-Sophia: An Inclusive Christology for Liberating Christians (Twenty-Third Publications, 1995; Eakin Press, 2004); Imagine God! A Children's Musical Exploring and Expressing Images of God (Choristers Guild, 2004); In Whose Image? God and Gender (Crossroad, 1990, 2001); Praying with Christ-Sophia: Services for Healing and Renewal (Twenty-Third Publications, 1996; Wipf and Stock, 2007); Counseling People with Cancer (Westminster John Knox, 1998); God, A Word for Girls and Boys (Glad River, 1993; Wipf and Stock, 2007). She has also published articles in The Journal of Pastoral Care, The Christian Ministry, and elsewhere.
Her lectures include The School of Theology for the Laity, Perkins School of Theology Women's Week, Texas Christian University Women's Week, United Methodist Fall University, Baptist Women in Ministry Annual Conference, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Annual Conference, Alliance of Baptists Annual Conference, American Association of Pastoral Counselors Conference, The Hymn Society Annual Conference, and Faith and Feminism/Womanist/Mujerista Annual Conference. Her diverse career includes serving as consultant in the internship programs at Perkins School of Theology and Brite Divinity School; Associate Pastor, St. John's United Methodist Church, Waco, Texas; Executive Director, Waco Conference of Christians and Jews; Pastoral Counselor, Samaritan Counseling Center of Central Texas; Chaplain, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; Chaplain, Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center, Waco, Texas; English professor, Dallas Baptist University.
This review is from: Counseling People with Cancer (Counseling and Pastoral Theology) (Paperback)
Aldredge-Clanton provides a helpful and practical hope-theology framework for counseling people with cancer. She describes how counselors can listen carefully to patients,understand their current spiritual beliefs, and then offer them additional or different sacred images and stories so that they can make sense and meaning out of their experience. The author does an especially good job of suggesting sacred images and stories that honor nontraditional belief systems.
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This review is from: Counseling People with Cancer (Counseling and Pastoral Theology) (Paperback)
This insightful book was a tremendous help to my husband and me. We have a support group for families facing catastrophic illness and are frequently called upon to give advice and counsel. Written from a Christian view point, the book is the perfect combination of practical and spiritual--both of which need to be addressed in counseling cancer patients and their loved ones. The authors personal experience with her father's illness gives particular credibility to her writing.
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