Universiteit van Pretoria - University of Pretoria
Universiteit van Pretoria - University of Pretoria
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NOUTHETIC COUNSELING: BIBLICAL OR BIBLISISTICAL?<br />
SUMMARY<br />
The numerous published works by Jay E Adams pretend to represent a biblical view<br />
on pastoral counseling. Primarily his work is a reaction against a pschycological<br />
model implemented into pastoral theology and practice. This, according to Adams,<br />
resulted in a pastoral method that is no longer true to biblical thought. In an attempt to<br />
return to biblical principles he created his so called "nouthetic counseling".<br />
One <strong>of</strong> the main sources <strong>of</strong> critics, opposing his pastoral views is his use <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Bible in a biblisistical manner, as a textbook for each and every situation. In doing so,<br />
he is also oversimplifying the issues <strong>of</strong> pastoral practice. This paper is an attempt to<br />
evaluate his views in the light <strong>of</strong> biblical principles.<br />
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