Rediscovering Confession
The Practice of Forgiveness and Where it Leads
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Counselling, Mental Health
| Author: | David A. Steere | ISBN: | 9781135841270 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | May 26, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | David A. Steere |
| ISBN: | 9781135841270 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | May 26, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
Rediscovering Confession is about recovering the experience of confession, in danger now of becoming a lost art. It identifies four elements present in psychotherapy and confession: a state of heightened self-awareness, a growing realization that our predicament points in some meaningful direction beyond itself, the necessity to make a relevant response to our situation, and a potential for spiritual encounter that accompanies the process. Each chapter contains a section devoted to practice, with exercises for individual contemplation and experimentation, guidelines for forming a confessional partnership, directions for conducting discussions in a study goup, and ways to organize a small confessional group.
Rediscovering Confession is about recovering the experience of confession, in danger now of becoming a lost art. It identifies four elements present in psychotherapy and confession: a state of heightened self-awareness, a growing realization that our predicament points in some meaningful direction beyond itself, the necessity to make a relevant response to our situation, and a potential for spiritual encounter that accompanies the process. Each chapter contains a section devoted to practice, with exercises for individual contemplation and experimentation, guidelines for forming a confessional partnership, directions for conducting discussions in a study goup, and ways to organize a small confessional group.
