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Of Good Comfort, 9781925486483
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Examines 21 of Luther’s “letters of comfort” to explore Luther’s pastoral care for souls suffering with depression. Pietsch uses interdisciplinary tools of inquiry artfully to examine the letters, Luther’s pastoral care approaches and the history of the “melancholy tradition”.

Of Good Comfort

martin luther's letters to the depressed & their significance for pastoral care today

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  • Hardcover

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    16 September 2016

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‘This is a feast for theologians, historians and Christian counselors. Pietsch examines 21 of Luther’s “letters of comfort” to explore Luther’s pastoral care for souls suffering with depression. Pietsch uses interdisciplinary tools of inquiry artfully to examine the letters, Luther’s pastoral care approaches and the history of the “melancholy tradition”. The practice of seelsorge emerges as an amalgam of art, spiritual gift, and understanding of affliction, all resting comfortably within the …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781925486483
ISBN-10:1925486486
Author:Stephen Pietsch
Publisher:ATF Press
Imprint:ATF Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:16 September 2016
Weight:666g
Dimensions:230mm x 155mm
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Stephen Pietsch

Stephen Pietsch is a pastor of the Lutheran Church of Australia, and lecturer in pastoral theology and counselling at Australian Lutheran College, Adelaide, SA (a college of the University of Divinity). This volume is an adaptation of his doctoral thesis (2014), for which he was awarded the Flinders University Vice Chancellor’s Prize for Doctoral Thesis Excellence.

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