The exorcist prefers to be consulted as early as possible because prevention is better than cure. The task of the exorcist is easiest when the person to whom he is ministering is only threatened by the spirit of evil and not yet completely possessed by it. (Author)

The process of Christian counseling begins where the client is, and the counselor guides the process by a vision of where the client should be, given the counselor's values and the client's needs. The counselor uses techniques and methods he or she deems necessary and appropriate at any given time. (Author)

This article is an introduction to charismatic counseling. Charismatic clergy are seeing transformations of lives unlike anything experienced in their ministries before the charismatic renewal. (Author)

Explored an interactive framework for understanding how gender influences the counseling process in religious counseling. Found that female counselors were perceived as more religious and effective than were their male counterparts. Results illustrate that the effects of gender on the counseling process can be predicted with an interactive model.…

The contributions to societal integration of the flexible and diversified religious institution of rural Appalachia in the United States were compared and contrasted with the contributions of the more or less monolithic and state-controlled rural church in Greece. It was found that the process of integration of rural society into the larger social…