| Adoptees Come of Age: Living Within Two Families Contributor(s): Nydam, Ronald J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0664256716 ISBN-13: 9780664256715 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press OUR PRICE: $30.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1999 Annotation: Drawn from the compelling stories of people who have been adopted, this book provides an intelligent and accessible description of the distinct emotional and spiritual challenges faced by adoptees and their families. In engaging language Ronald Nydam acquaints the pastor, the pastoral counselor, and all the members of the adoption triad -- adoptee, birth parent(s), and adoptive family -- with some of the struggles that adopted people confront in their development and in their adult lives. Avoiding overstating this plight, Nydam maps out an alternative developmental pathway that adoptees travel, given the realities of relinquishment and adoption. Adoptees may grow up well and joyfully, Nydam concludes, but they do grow up differently. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Counseling & Recovery - Religion | Christian Living - Family & Relationships - Family & Relationships | Adoption & Fostering |
| Dewey: 362.734 |
| LCCN: 99026278 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.02" W x 9.01" (0.70 lbs) 171 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Mainline - Religious Orientation - Christian - Topical - Adoption - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ronald Nydam acquaints the pastoral counselor with some of the struggles that adopted people confront in their development and in their adult lives. Drawn from the compelling stories of people who have been adopted, this book provides an intelligent and accessible description of the distinct emotional and spiritual challenges faced by adoptees and their families. The purpose of the Counseling and Pastoral Theology series is to address clinical issues that arise among particular populations currently neglected in the literature on pastoral care and counseling. This series is committed to enhancing both the theoretical base and the clinical expertise of pastoral caregivers by providing a pastoral theological paradigm that will inform both assessment and intervention with persons in these specific populations. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nydam, Ronald J.: - Ronald J. Nydam is Professor of Pastoral Care at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. |