V predlagaemom uchebnom posobii sdelana popytka opredeleniya tseley, printsipov, funktsiy i metodov khristianskogo dushepopechitel'stva. Kniga prednaznachena dlya studentov khristianskikh universitetov i seminariy. Ona takzhe mozhet byt' polezna khristianam, kotorye stalkivayutsya s opredelennymi zhiznennymi trudnostyami i problemami. Professional'nye konsul'tanty, pastory, sluzhiteli i vse, kto stremitsya pomogat' drugim lyudyam, naydut zdes' poleznye sovety i deystvennye rekomendatsii po preodoleniyu i resheniyu razlichnykh zhiznennykh situatsiy.