Drinking from the same well : cross-cultural concerns in pastoral care and counseling / Lydia F. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Lydia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pastoral counseling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 163 pages)

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drinking from the Same Well is designed for those who seek a praxis-oriented theological grounding in the exploration of cross-cultural perspectives in the field of pastoral care and counseling. It traverses the broad terrain of cultural analysis and also explores in depth a number of discrete cross-cultural issues in pastoral counseling, related to communication, conflict, empathy, family dynamics, suffering, and healing. Cultural analysis and theological reflection are situated alongside numerous case studies of persons and situations that enflesh the concepts being discussed, and readers are invited to engage personally with the material through a variety of focus questions and reflective exercises. This book can serve as a helpful textbook for seminarians and a useful guide for pastors and priests, church study groups, multicultural parishes, and anyone engaged in helping ministries with persons from other cultures. The goal is to develop culturally competent pastoral caregivers by providing a comprehensive and practical overview of the generative themes and challenges in cross-cultural pastoral care.

Contents:

Being human, being cultural

Cultural worldviews and values

Identity in cross-cultural perspective

Empathy in cross-cultural perspective

Communication in cross-cultural perspective

The family in cross-cultural perspective

Conflict in cross-cultural perspective

Suffering and healing in cross-cultural perspective.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781630876715

1630876712