The Christian tradition has long held that anger is sinful and to be avoided, but respected scholar Andrew Lester argues that the capacity for anger is one of God's good gifts. Here, Lester incorporates the newest behavioral research models, biblical and theological scholarship, con-structivist philosophy, and narrative theory into a pastoral theology of anger. Comprehensive and critically important, The Angry Christion will be of help to Christian caregivers and coun selors, to clergy, and to all individuals looking to understand the experience of anger.