Jay E. Adams

Jay E. Adams

Jay Edward Adams (born January 30, 1929 in Baltimore , Maryland ) is an American Evangelical Reformed theologian, psychologist, pastor, speaker and author with a focus on pastoral care who has written more than 100 books.

Life

Adams studied Greek at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and theology at Reformed Episcopal Seminary in Pennsylvania , and he earned a bachelor's degree in both courses. He received his Masters in Theology from Andrew W. Blackwood at the Homiletic Seminary of the Theological School of Temple University in Philadelphia . He received his doctorate in theology from the University of Missouri at Columbia, Missouri . He worked at the Pittsburgh Xenia Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh and received a post-doc fellowship with O. Hobart Mowrer in psychology at the University of Illinois in Illinois .

Adams then ministered to Presbyterian and Reformed churches in western Pennsylvania and New Jersey , where he was also ordained as a pastor. Then he was a teacher at the University of Missouri at Columbia for three years. 1963-1983 he taught homiletics, pastoral care and practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in the Philadelphia area . He founded the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation in Laverock and edited the journal Pastoral Practice . He was President of the National Association of Nouthetic Counselors and Director of Advanced Studies at Westminster Theological Seminary in Escondido , California .

He lived for his cause - a pastoral care based on the Bible - he wrote many books and spoke at conferences around the world.

Adams is married to Betty Jane, they have four children and live in Woodruff, near Spartanburg , South Carolina .

Works

Adams has written more than 100 books, they have been translated into 16 languages, the following titles have been translated into German:

• Liberating Pastoral Care: Theory and Practice of Biblical Counseling. Brunnen , Gießen 1973. ISBN 3-7655-0280-4 (New edition 1980. ISBN 978-3-7655-0280-4 )
• Being a Christian at home too. Shaping family life biblically. Brunnen, Gießen 1975. (Latest edition: Christian Literature Distribution , Bielefeld 2013. ISBN 978-3-86699-234-4 )
• Stuck? - Practice in a liberated life. Brunnen, Giessen 1976. ISBN 978-3-7655-0393-1
• Manual for Pastoral Care. Practice of biblical life counseling. Brunnen, Giessen 1976. ISBN 978-3-7655-0389-4
• What to do if? Fear - anger - hopeless situations - and what you can do about it. Brunnen, Basel and Gießen 1977. ISBN 978-3-7655-0431-0
• "I'm at the end!". Biblical principles of pastoral care in acute crises. Brunnen, Giessen 1979. ISBN 978-3-7655-0420-4
• Your problems can also be solved! Brunnen, Giessen 1981. ISBN 978-3-7655-5886-3
• Basics of biblical counseling. Contributions to a theology of pastoral care. Brunnen, Giessen, 1983 ISBN 978-3-7655-2324-3
• Grow or stumble? Spiritual growth through problems. Schwengeler , Berneck 1989 ISBN 3-85666-407-6
• Born winners. How to Overcome Difficulties. Brunnen, Giessen 1990. ISBN 978-3-7655-3058-6
• The internal war. The fight against the old nature. Schwengeler, Berneck 1991. ISBN 978-3-85666-405-3
• Sermons. Purposeful, clear, convincing. Brunnen, Giessen 1991. ISBN 3-7655-2886-2
• Marble, stone and iron breaks. Brendow , Moers, 1992. ISBN 978-3-87067-478-6
• Seventy times seven. The basics of forgiveness. Brunnen, Giessen 1996. ISBN 978-3-7655-2489-9
• Being able to talk to each other. Interpersonal conflicts and their solution. Brunnen, Basel and Gießen 2002. (4th edition) ISBN 978-3-7655-5163-5
• Pastoral care with the Bible. A practical guide. Christian Missions-Verlag, 2005. ISBN 978-3-932308-66-6
• Don't be afraid of theology! An entertaining and systematic introduction for young people. Betania 2013. ISBN 978-3-935558-44-0 .

literature

• Paul Gerhard: Chances and Limits of Southern Pastoral Care. An examination of the conception of pastoral care by Jay E. Adams. Institute for Psychology and Pastoral Care in the Social Science Faculty of the Friedensau Theological University, Friedensau 1999

Individual evidence

1. ↑ biography . store.kregel.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2016.