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A Descriptive Study Of Parish Clergy And Their Counseling Practices, Gregory J. Ludlow
A Descriptive Study Of Parish Clergy And Their Counseling Practices, Gregory J. Ludlow
Masters Theses
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It has been the function of societies throughout history to provide comfort and support for it's troubled members. In the past, this function was performed by the society's religious institutions.Today, as in the past, people who want solutions.to the problems they experience, or who want to gain pathways to possible solutions, look to their religion, their church organization, their clergyman, to their God. The clergymen of a community are apt to be the first professionals of that community to be consulted when the need for help is felt.