God-talk in therapeutic conversation.
The article focuses on God-talk in the context of therapeutic conversations within a framework of psychodynamic and cognitive/narrative perspectives and develops a guide of five diagnostic questions for the critical analysis of God-stories as a tool in spiritual assessment. As a case-illustration, Anton Boisen's God-story is assessed with applications for Clinical Pastoral Education to learn from God-stories as "living human documents."
Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, Waterloo, Ont., Canada.
Peter L
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VanKatwyk
D002604:Chaplaincy Service, Hospital; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D010327:Pastoral Care; D029181:Spirituality