Intimacy: pastoral psychological essays /
Henri J. M. Nouwen.
- Notre Dame, Ind., Fides Publishers, [1969].
- ix, 164 pages, 21 cm.
Bibliographical footnotes.
Introduction -- The context -- From magic to faith -- Intemacy and sexuality -- The challenge to love -- Homosexuality: Prejudice or mental illness? -- Student prayers: Between confusion and hope -- Pentecostalism on campus -- Intimacy and community -- Depression in the seminary -- Intimacy and the ministry -- The priest and his mental health -- Training for the campus ministry -- Conclusion
Intimacy is the theme which binds the divergent subjects of this book together. Intimacy in the relationship between man and woman, between man and man, and between man and God; intimacy also in the life of the man who wants to live in a religious community, intimacy finally for the minister or priest who wants to give a home to others but risks losing his own.