Practicing care in rural congregations and communities
By: Jeanne Hoeft, L. Shannon Jung, and Joretta Marshall
Contributors: Jung, L. Shannon (Loyle Shannon), 1943-; Marshall, Joretta L.
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9780800699543
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Rural clergy; Religious life; Social conditions; Rural population; Pastoral care; Rural churches; Rural conditions
Description: "Pastoral care in rural communities is different from care in other locales. Despite these differences, rural churches and communities also hold a particular wisdom from which the rest of the church might benefit. Small towns and rural areas have particular challenges, and in seeking to live out the Christian life in the midst of those challenges, local churches have unique and useful insights into what it means to care for one another"--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-183) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. The wisdom and challenge of rural care. Care shaped by place; title: Care engaging community; title: Care intersecting with leadership; title: Care responding to diversity; title: Part II. Healing and transformative care in rural contexts. Rural poverty, class, and care; title: Rural violence and care; title: Rural health and wholeness; title: Learning from rural communities and congregations.