TY - JOUR AU - Reed, Allan AB - READERS' FORUM "Four-Letter Words" is a case in point in this same issue. I think it was Havelock Ellis who said that if the clergyman used the dignified polysylla- bic term for sexual union he would not be criticized by anyone, but if he used TO MINISTERS, FULL.TIME RELIGIOUS LEADERS, its four-letter equivalent, he would be AND THEOLOGICAL STUDENTS ONLY hauled off to jail, defrocked, or put in Emanue! Swedenborg, 1688-1772 (see your a mental institution. encyclopedia) a noted scientist, philosopher In this regard, Henry Miller is more and theologian, was permitted unusual and amazing insights into heaven and the honest than most clergymen, who have inner meanings of the Bible. to face the reality of the cultural taboos Successful ministers in many denomina- tions study Swedenborg's books for a new of the Christian faith. I hold no brief understanding of the Bible. for Tropic o[ Cancer as great litera- To acquaint ministers and full time ture, but I do admire the courage of its religious leaders with the writings of Emanuei Swedenborg, The Swedenborg author who dares to thumb his nose at Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization, the diseased and immoral persons who will send his books free. TI - Is pastoral psychology static? JF - Pastoral Psychology DO - 10.1007/BF01761449 DA - 2005-05-07 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/is-pastoral-psychology-static-mfo02wcB51 SP - 53 EP - 54 VL - 13 IS - 9 DP - DeepDyve ER -