Therapeutic preaching is badly in need of rehabilitation. Administering mini-doses of psychological self-help from the pulpit simply will not do. Therapeutic preaching that is theocentric draws listeners more deeply into God’s healing love. It involves setting up a creative conversation between divine and human therapy. In a novel and deeply insightful way, Neil Pembroke shows how metaphors and analogues drawn from psychotherapy can be employed to draw out the power in divine therapeia.
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Neil Pembroke is Associate Professor of Practical Theology at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Neil was awarded his Ph D from Edinburgh University. He is a member of the International Academic of Practical Theology. Neil serves on the editorial boards of Pastoral Psychology and Practical Theology. An ordained minister of the Uniting Church in Australia, Neil is the author of six books and more than thirty articles on pastoral theology. He coordinates Masters and Doctoral programs in practical theology at the University of Queensland.