Pastoring the Whole Person: Psychology for Ministry Practice

In Pastoring the Whole Person: Psychology for Ministry Practice, professor and research psychologist Erin Smith draws on two decades of work to equip church leaders with tools from human psychology so they can better understand and serve people with the gospel for the whole person. Smith begins with a case for the value of psychological science for Christians, rooted in a theological understanding of human embodiment and creaturely limits. Building on this, she unfolds a series of chapters...