Beyond Illustration

Ronald W. Baard

Here is the Abstract for this book: In his book *The Arts in Theological Education*, Wilson Yates profiles the presence of the arts in theological schools across America. Yates' survey of pastoral care and counseling curricula finds a total of only twenty-one courses at fifteen schools that utilize the arts. He reports that in all but two of these courses "art is used for illustrative purposes only." Yates then challenges the field of pastoral care and counseling to make better use of valuable resources. If Yates is correct, why is it that pastoral care and counseling, as a discipline, has failed in this way? The reasons are varied and complex, and a full answer to this question (one which deals with the full range of the arts and the range of concerns designated by pastoral care and counseling) is beyond the scope of this paper. The partial answer offered here will be a...