A history of pastoral care in America : from salvation to self-realization / E. Brooks Holifield.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Theological traditions -- Sin -- Spiritual development --
2. Counsel in a hierarchical world -- Joan Drake of Esher --
Hierarchy: reason and the supernatural -- A social hierarchy --
A hierarchical soul -- Conclusion.
3. The understanding and the affections -- The psychology of awakening -- Comfort and caution -- Toward a new era --
4. Balance, gentility, and self-culture -- Ichabod Spencer -- Social order -- Pastoral theology and urban culture -- Gentlemanly counsel -- Towards self-culture.
5. The natural style -- Transcendent providence -- The transformation of symbols -- The new pastoral theology --Psychology and psychotherapy -- Liberalism and the psychology of religion -- Emmanuel --
6. From adjustment to insight -- The psychology of success --
Adjustment and self-realization -- The clinical traditions --
Insight.
7. Acceptance and self-realization -- Popular psychology --
The Renaissance of pastoral psychology -- The burden of social convention -- Self-realization -- Acceptance --
8. The context of pastoral care -- The interpersonal context --
The theological context -- The church as context --
Epilogue.