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Title: Behind the Masks: Personality Disorders in Religious Behavior by Wayne E. Oates ISBN: 0-664-24028-3 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1987 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Classic
Comment: When Wayne Oates wrote his book fourteen years ago, the literature on personality disorders was very scarce. Back then, Hervey Checkley's 1941 book, THE MASK OF SANITY, had stood as the major source for years. Wayne communicates great concern for church people whose sanity is not an outward expression of an inward possession.
Despite the formality of the liturgical churches and the informality of the revivalistic churches, these church people have only gained a veneer of religiosity. Oates makes a striking comment on why parishioners and clergy with personality disorders are not deeply changed via participation in corporate worship or revival services. These large meetings lack the power of personal confrontation found in small groups or one on one.
Wayne gained much insight about personality disorders from various biblical characters. He found the writings of the early church fathers about disorders in religious people very insightful. John Bunyan's PILGRIM'S PROGRESS portrayed for Oates the attitudes, and ways of dealing with these disorders within our encounter with God's presence.
His book seeks to guide Christians in unmasking the pseudo self overlying the image of God within the person with a personality disorder. His prayer is for such unmasking to enable the real person to emerge. His chosen audience is not the academy, but either those practicing pastor ministry or those preparing for it. He hopes the book with be discussed between pastor and people He is confident that discussing the book can help reduce much of the congregation's tension and help it serve as an instrument of healing.
Fourteen years ago, Wayne made a very pointed statement about the church's preoccupation with the corporate business model for local churches in this book. Whenever this happens, he claims, some people with very strong personality disorders are applauded as church growth heroes. Some of these 'heroes' exploit those laboring under a weaker personality disorder. A few of those with weak personality disorders are either ignored or ambitiously trampled under foot.
.Staying in print for its fourteenth year is a great testimony to the usefulness of Oates' book. Each chapter discusses a personality disorder or a cluster of disorders and how the Christian can help unmask the person so that the real them can emerge. His closing chapter outlines ways for the church to prevent, affect, and addresses personality disorders. I would recommend Oates' book for those who desire to plunge deeper into this subject after reading Pate's book on the same subject. In my opinion the combination of the strengths of both books lay the needed foundation for addressing this important aspect of church health. If I were to lead a discussion on this subject with the members of my church, I would use this book as a backup resource and have them read Pate's book
Rating: 5
Summary: Great For CPE GROUPS
Comment: My CPE group just completed a unit of using this book in didactic learning and we found it to be very helpful in distinguishing behavioral characteristics in patients and ourselves. I reccommend it to any group who works with people.
Rating: 3
Summary: Easy-read application of DSM to congregational dynamics
Comment: Oates gives portraits of individuals with the various DSM personality disorders.
Using an accessible and interesting style and keeping jargon to a minimum,
he suggests ways to make a tentative assessment
in religious settings and ways for clergy to respond to each disorder
in a helpful fashion. Not for those with clinical training, but helpful for those without it.
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Title: An Introduction to Pastoral Care by Charles V. Gerkin ISBN: 0687016746 Publisher: Abingdon Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Hope in Pastoral Care and Counseling by Andrew D. Lester ISBN: 0664255884 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Cultivating Wholeness: A Guide to Care and Counseling in Faith Communities by Margaret Zipse Kornfeld ISBN: 0826412327 Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Creating a Healthier Church: Family Systems Theory, Leadership, and Congregational Life (CREATIVE PASTORAL CARE AND COUNSELING SERIES) by Ronald W. Richardson ISBN: 0800629558 Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers Pub. Date: 01 August, 1996 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Depression and Hope: New Insights for Pastoral Counseling by Howard W. Stone ISBN: 0800631390 Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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