The Family HandbookHerbert Anderson Westminster John Knox Press, 01/01/1998 - 345 من الصفحات This encyclopedic volume brings clarity and focus to a multitude of family issues. The expert contributors deal with practical and important questions, thereby providing information of significant usefulness to social workers, therapists, lawyers, ministers, and health-care professionals. Those who work with families will learn new techniques and see their efforts in a larger context. An extensive directory of family resources provides the reader with helpful and practical information. The Family, Culture, and Religion series offers informed and responsible analyses of the state of the American family from a religious perspective and provides practical assistance for the family's revitalization. |
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A Jewish Perspective | 3 |
Advances in Reproductive Technology | 4 |
A Catholic Perspective | 10 |
A Secular Perspective | 17 |
Divorce and Remarriage | 34 |
Roles of Families | 63 |
The Role of Churches in Relationship to Government | 96 |
PART 2 | 107 |
Families and Violence | 181 |
Families and Substance Abuse | 187 |
Hebrew Scriptures and the Family | 195 |
28 | 196 |
39 | 206 |
New Testament Scriptures and the Family | 224 |
Families and Worship | 258 |
PART 4 | 268 |
A Catholic Perspective | 125 |
Ministry with Children and Youth | 132 |
Ministry with Single Parents | 138 |
Ministry with Families with Homosexual | 146 |
Ministry with the Elderly | 159 |
Ministry with Families Experiencing Loss | 172 |
Families in Ancient Israel | 277 |
Families in Early Christianity | 287 |
Families in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries | 295 |
A Directory of Resources for Families | 303 |