This book draws on extensive clinical experience to create a useful model for religious diagnosis. Clinicians and clergy will find the book useful in their care of troubled people. Contents: Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Patterns of Religious Diagnosis; Ethical Guilt: The Feeling of Blame: Being Punished, Feeling Guilty, Seeking Redress; Idolatry: The Feeling of Betrayal: Being Violated, Feeling Terror or Rage, Recovering the Hope of Ultimacy; Dread: The Feeling of Defilement: Being Abandoned, Feeling Dread, Rediscovering Joy; Summary: Diagnosis, Piety and Theology, Diagnosis and the Transcendent Function; Epilogue; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.

"...the volume contains a number of usable concepts for anyone in ministry who seeks new categories for their counseling task." - The Army Chaplaincy

"I was impressed by the realistic wisdom which the author brings to his book...I salute Denton's work to help pastoral theologians, regardless of their particular specialty, to deal seriously with assessment and goal setting for alleviating soul-sickness in the populations they serve." - The Journal Of Pastoral Care and Counseling

"...the volume contains a number of usable concepts for anyone in ministry who seeks new categories for their counseling task." - The Army Chaplaincy

"I was impressed by the realistic wisdom which the author brings to his book...I salute Denton's work to help pastoral theologians, regardless of their particular specialty, to deal seriously with assessment and goal setting for alleviating soul-sickness in the populations they serve." - The Journal Of Pastoral Care and Counseling