Soft Shepherd or Almighty Pastor?: Power and Pastoral Care - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1620325314 ISBN 13 : 9781620325315

Editeur : Pickwick Publications, 2014

Synopsis

In Soft Shepherd or Almighty Pastor? contributors seek to go beyond the taboo on "power" within pastoral contexts. They not only discuss fundamental theological and philosophical questions about power but also develop ways to prevent power abuse in pastoral context. Power is considered as omnipresent and is analyzed in its positive and negative aspects. Not only the classical associations of "power over" or "domination" are discussed in relation to ecclesial and pastoral situations, but also forms of power linked to "service" and "care" A sacrificial spirituality might also be dangerous. Soft Shepherd or Almighty Pastor? gathers ten contributions, all of which reflect on the complexity of power issues, also in relation to sexual abuse. The authors argue that dealing adequately with power requires renewed forms of theological thinking, especially about ministry.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Annemie Dillen is Associate Professor of Pastoral and Empirical Theology at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium. She is the coeditor of Prophetic Witness in World Christianities (2011) and Children's Voices: Children's Perspectives in Ethics, Theology and Religious Education (2010).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pickwick Publications
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1620325314
• ISBN 13: 9781620325315
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Éditeur: Dillen Annemie
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• Personne responsable: non disponible