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The Professionalization of Pastoral Care

by T. Dale Jr. Johnson

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Wipf and Stock
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm

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When the organization and structure of the church in America was altered in the early 1900s to meet modern demands, the role of the pastorate became more specialized to adapt to the burdens of the new, ""efficient"" structure. In 1920, Gaines Dobbins utilized the business efficiency model at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary to formulate a distinct ecclesiology. Discontent with traditional methods of instruction in theological education, Dobbins sought to implement theories and methodologies from modern educationalists. He adopted a psychologized educational methodology and utilized the psychology of religion as an empirical measure of the soul, human nature, and human behavior. Use of the social sciences seemed to grant Dobbins, as a practitioner, academic respectability within the realm of theological education. Both the professionalization that resulted from Dobbins's efficiency standards, and a working theory of human nature derived from psychological models, were synthesized into a specialized system of pastoral care. Dobbins followed the new shape of pastoral theology in America, adopting Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) as the model for pastoral training. As a result, CPE became an integral part of the curriculum at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for over sixty years, and spread to influence many other SBC entities.
The Professionalization of Pastoral Care and The Essential History of Christianity
The Essential History of ChristianityThe Professionalization of Pastoral Care

  • Author

    T. Dale Jr. Johnson

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Wipf and Stock

  • Published

    July 2020

  • Weight

    454g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781725264915

  • ISBN-10

    1725264919

  • Eden Code

    5309696

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