Paul Tournier (1898-1986) was a Swiss physician, Christian counselor, and author, who also wrote books such as The Meaning of Persons and The Whole Person In A Broken World. Gary R. Collins is a licensed clinical psychologist who has written books such as The Biblical Basis of Christian Counseling for People Helpers and Christian Counseling. At the time this book was published in 1973, Dr. Collins was Chairman of the division of Pastoral Psychology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He explained in the Preface, "In writing this book I have three goals in mind. The first is to describe Tournier to those who have never met him, to present his life story, and to give a brief summary of each of his books... Second, I have tried to identify, organize, and summarize the basic ideas in Tournier's thought... My third purpose... is to give an evaluation of Tournier's life work." - Steven H Propp