Caring for joy
Subtitle: narrative, theology, and practice
By: by Mary Clark Moschella
Series: Theology in Practice -- Volume 1; Theology in practice -- v. 1.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9789004324992; 9789004325005
Subjects: Caring; Joy; Freude; Caregivers; Religious life; Christianity; Seelsorge; Pflege
Description: In 'Caring for Joy: Narrative, Theology, and Practice' Mary Clark Moschella offers a new account of the value of joy in caregiving vocations, demonstrating how the work of caring for persons, communities, and the world need not be a dreary endeavor overwhelmed by crises or undermined by despair. Moschella presents glimpses of joy-in-action in the narratives of five notable figures: Heidi Neumark, Henri Nouwen, Gregory Boyle, Pauli Murray, and Paul Farmer, gleaning their wisdom for the construction of a theology of joy that embodies compassion, connection, justice, and freedom. Care must be deep enough to hold human suffering and spacious enough to take in the divine goodness, beauty, and love. This book expands the pastoral theological imagination and narrates joy-full approaches to transformational care.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-282) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Emotional experiences. Joy as emotion: memory, moods, and motivations; title: Part 2. Spiritual paths. Joy in relationship: Heidi Neumark and Transfiguration Lutheran Church; title: Suffering and joy: Henri Nouwen and l'Arche; title: Compassion, kinship, and joy: Gregory Boyle and Homeboy Industries; title: A theology of joy; title: feeling toward God's goodness and love; title: Part 3. Larger questions. Justice and joy: Pauli Murray and civil rights; title: Accompaniment, abundance, and joy: Paul Farmer and Partners in Health; title: A theology of joy; title: respond, resist, rejoice!; title: Part 4. Sparkling moments. Joy-full conversations: a narrative approach.