Prophetic witness in world Christianities
Subtitle: rethinking pastoral care and counseling
By: edited by Annemie Dillen and Anne Vandenhoeck
Edition: 1. Aufl.
Series: International practical theology -- v. 13; International practical theology -- v. 13.
Publisher: LIT; Distribution in North America by Transaction Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Zürich; New Brunswick [N.J.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9783643900418
Subjects: Church and social problems; Social justice; Pastoral care; Pastoral counseling; Christianity; Suffering; Congresses; Biblical teaching; Pastoral theology
Description: Prophets have a reputation of changing the relation between people and God for the better. Christianity has a long history of prophets who direct the faithful towards more justice and righteousness. What can Christians learn from prophets for daily life, for contemporary theology and pastoral care? This book undertakes the endeavor to look at prophetic acting from a biblical, pastoral and ethical perspective. The contributions of both, pastoral theologians and pastors from around the globe, make this study a unique exercise to keep the prophetic perspective in theological reflection and pastoral practice.
Notes: Conference publication.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction / Anne Vandenhoeck; title: 1. Prophecy versus empathy. Jonah, the unwilling prophet as a pastoral carer? : an Old Testament perspective on prophetic pastoral care / Elke Verbeke; title: Prophetic pastoral care : resistance potential in late modernity? / Stefan Gärtner; title: The prophetic dimension of and in supervision / Wim Smeets; title: Is physical touch a prophetic act? : a case study / Axel Liégeois; title: 2. Ethical approaches. Passion for mercy and justice : biblical and ethical perspectives on prophetic pastoral care and counseling / Roger Burggraeve; title: In search for an ontological openness for ethics in a Ricoeurian way : response to 'Passion for mercy and justice' / Christophe Brabant; title: The prophetic voice in a culture of multiplicity : a perspective from psychological identity theory / Hetty Zock; title: 3. Fields of pastoral care. Perseverance and anticipation : reflections on pastoral presence for persons with intellectual disabilities from the perspective of eschatological imagination / Herman P. Meininger; title: Mirror, mirror on the wall : offering resistance to the current beauty ideal / Goedele Van Edom; title: A treasure hidden under our own fireplace : response to Meininger and Van Edom / Marcel Broesterhuizen; title: "You are good when you are one with yourself " : conscience in current military ethics and the role of the prophetic pastor / Wim Smit; title: Health, wealth, or wisdom? : religion and the paradox of prosperity / Elaine Graham; title: Prophetic pastoral care and the refashioning of identity in hospital chaplaincy / Robert G. Mundle; title: 4. World Christianities. The victim as prophet? : Isaiah's songs of the suffering servant read in Kinshasa / Yves De Maeseneer; title: A Nigerian perspective on Thomas Groome's prophetic pastoral care praxis : a critical appreciation / Mary-Chizurum Ugbor; title: Prophetic pastoral care and counseling in practice : voices from Tanzania / Charles Ddungu; title: A tale of two churches / Stephen Beaumont; title: 5. Conclusion. Empowerment, resilience, and vulnerability : prophetic pastoral care and counseling in light of the kin-dom of God / Annemie Dillen.