" ... has been co-published simultaneously as American journal of pastoral counseling, volume 5, numbers (1/2), (3/4), 2002."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / Howard Clinebell -- Introduction / James Reaves Farris -- Pastoral counseling in the Philippines : a perspective from the West / Fred C. Gringrich -- Global issues of pastoral counseling / Louise M. Meeks -- Cultural landscapes of pastoral counseling in Asia / Steve Sagkwon Shim -- The future landscape of pastoral care and counseling in the Asia Pacific region / Robert Solomon -- Pastoral counseling in Chinese cultural contexts / Simon Yiu Chuen Lee -- Pastoral counseling in Indonesia / Aart Martin van Beek -- Pastoral care and counselling : an Asian perspective / Anthony Yeo -- Pastoral care in Latin America / Sara Baltodano -- Pastoral action in the midst of a context of economic transformation and cultural apathy / Ronaldo Sathler-Rosa -- Planting pastoral counseling seeds in Brazilian soil : creating and recreating models / James Reaves Farris -- Journeying on the margins : moments in pastoral care and counselling, from the inner city of Pretoria / Wilna de Beer, Stephan de Beer -- Complexity and simplicity in pastoral care : the case of forgiveness / Archie Smith, Ursula Riedel-Pfaefflin -- Pastoral counselling in multi-cultural contexts / Emmanuel Y. Lartey.

International Perspectives on Pastoral Counseling presents perspectives on theoretical and practical aspects of pastoral care and counseling, as well as case studies and insights on how culture affects this type of ministry.This book includes: counseling models from the United States that are being adapted to the realities of urban Korean life; pastoral care and counseling in African and multicultural contexts; counseling issues arising from urban realities in Pretoria, South Africa; the state of pastoral counseling and the impact of globalization and international markets on pastoral theology in Brazil; care and counseling models from Holland and the United States that are being imported for use in Indonesia; how the realities of life in Singapore relate to pastoral care and therapeutic conversations; the needs of women and the historical development and meaning of pastoral care and counseling in the Philippines; the meaning of forgiveness from an intercultural perspective; spiritual, philosophical, and other perspectives on Chinese cultures; the pitfalls of individualistic models of pastoral care and counseling in poverty-stricken regions of Latin America; the unique challenges of delivering care and counseling in Asian-Pacific cultures--from publisher's description.