Abstract

ltending an evaluation of principles guiding psychotherapeutic consulting within the framework of the church, the article reviews Schleiermacher's conception of hermeneutics exposing three theses. The background ofany kind ofunderstanding between psychological individuals is ofreligious determination. Schleiermacher's practical scheme of hermeneutics shows a way how to overcome the always threaening danger of misunderstanding. Psychotherapeutically engaged consulting offered by the church relates the difficulties of understanding to basically religious insights. By this way it serves human health of the dient in general.