Contents:
Introduction: Reading from Without and Within: Critical Argument and the Study of Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye
Storyteliing and Moral Agency Lynne Tirrell
Tracking "The Look" in the Novels of Toni Morrison Ed Guerrero
Sula
Struggle to Depict the Black Figure on the White Page Timonth B. Powell
Women-Centred Psychology in Sula Diane Gillespie and Missy Dehn Kubitschek
Song of Solomon
Faulkner and Joyce in Morrison's Song of Solomon David Cowart
Civilizations Underneath: African Heritage as Cultural Discourse in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon Gay Wilentz
Primal Scenes and Constuctions in Toni Morrison's Novels Ashraf H.A. Rushdy
Tar Baby
Paradise Lost and Found: Dualism and Edenci Myth in Toni Morrison's Tar Baby Lauren Lepw
Ancestor as Foundation in Their Eyes Were Watching God and Tar Baby Sandra Pouchet Paquet Beloved
Beloved and the Apocalypse Susan Bowers
Fleshly Ghosts and Ghostly Flesh: The Word and the Body in Beloved David Lawrence
Maragret Atwood and Toni Morrison: Reflections on Postmodernism and the Study of Religion and Literature Ann-Janine Morey
Jazz
Function of Jazz in Toni Morrison's Jazz Barbara Williams Lewis
Madness of Migration in Toni Morrison's Jazz Deborah H. Barnes
Problem of Narrative in Toni Morrison's Jazz Katherine J. Mayberry

After establishing a sound theological understanding of pastoral visitation, the authors examine the theological and ethical homework that the pastor must do as preparation for effectively doing hospital ministry. Concluding chapters deal with the patient's needs, the pastor's spiritual resources, the pastoral visit, and continued pastoral care after hospitalization.

Key Benefits: Helps pastors understand the hospital context/culture; Helps pastors deal with defense mechanisms of patients; Helps pastors recognize the healing functions of guiding, healing, and substaining; Helps pastors identify and utilize local resources within the hospital; Explains appropriate use of spiritual resources such as prayer, confession, and communion in the hospital sick room; Helps pastors and leaders to look inward at personal anxiety in the midst of illness