... In relation to theological education

Abstract

This article has emphasized the ways in which theological education and pastoral psychologycan be optimally related in the future. It has been suggested that this future calls for a shift from purely medical models to field theory models of learning pastoral psychology. A shift from individualistic to social psychological data will be required. A new emphasis upon definitelypastoral types of research is urgently needed. An assimilation of technology in the media of teaching and learning pastoral psychology must be developed. And, finally, a shift from a passive to an aggressive mode of pastoral action is the unexplored region for the future adventures of pastoral psychologists.