Ted Lasso and Pastoral Theology.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cameron, Daniel J. Cameron.

Series:

Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pastoral theology.

Television in religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2026.

Summary:

This edited collection discusses the television series Ted Lasso (2020-present) through a religious and theological lens.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: On the Road with Ted Lasso: Considering Our Spiritual Journey with a Coach, a Team, and a City

A Pastoral and Practical Theology Approach

Overview of Chapters

Part I: On the Road

Chapter 1: Hounding Down Virtue: Tracing the Transformation of Jamie Tartt and the Greyhounds Through Ted Lasso's Prophetic Ministry

Ted Lasso's Prophetic Ministry

Dismantling Dominant Consciousness and Inaugurating a New Social Reality

Energizing Authentic Community

Creation of a New Human Beginnings

Communal and Individual Virtue: The Lasso Way's Impact on Jamie Tartt's Transformation

The Dominant Consciousness of Jamie Tartt

The Transformation of Jamie Tartt in Ted Lasso's New Social Order

A Transformation in Peril

New Human Beginnings

Conclusion

Chapter 2: Ain't No One in This Room Alone: COVID-19, Grief, and the Anonymous Chaplaincy of Ted Lasso

Chaplaincy

Chaplaincy in COVID-19

The Anonymous Chaplains of Ted Lasso

Active Listening

Bearing Witness

Grief Work

Meaning-Making

Presence

Images of Pastoral Care

The Wounded Healer

The Intimate Stranger

The Circus Clown, the Wise Fool

The Midwife

Ted Lasso as Presence

Afterword: Caring for the Carers

Chapter 3: Lasso(ing) Healthy Masculinities: Ted Lasso, Disruptive Masculinities, and a Healthier Church

Reorienting the Social Organization

Crises of Masculinity

Hegemonic Masculinity

Welcome to Richmond

Disrupting Disdain

Disrupting the Locker Room

Sam's Cause and Jamie's Return

Higgins's Christmas Dinner

Masculinity and Femininity

Roy Kent. . . . He's Every-f****-where . . .

Strong and Silent

It Would've Actually Been F****** Weird If I Was in the Pictures . ..

Implementable and Tangible

Masculinity Support Groups as Fellowship

Preaching a Multiplicity of Masculinities

Chapter 4: Don't Fight Back, Fight Forward: The Everyday Peacemaking of Ted Lasso

The Lasso Way

Embracing the Other

Believe

Redemption

Memory

Grace

Community Building

Global Peacebuilding and Forgiveness

Chapter 5: Darts, Curiosity, and Non-Judgment: A Ted Lasso Parable

Double-In Double-Out: The Degree of Difficulty of Ted's Final Round

Walt Whitman and the Power of Words

The "Good" in Asking Questions

Jesus, Mary, and Martha: A Lesson in Hospitality

Curiosity as Christian Virtue and Theological Good: An Extension of Hospitality

Ted Lasso: Curiosity as Holy Hospitality

Rupert vs. Ted: How Competing with Gamesmanship and Intimidation Serves as the Antithesis to Hospitality

Ted Lasso: Competing Hospitably as a Means of Community Building

Barbecue Sauce: A Ted Lasso Parable

Chapter 6: Exilic Patterns and Character Transformation in Ted Lasso

Exilic Patterns in the Bible

Richmond as a Place of Transformation

Richmond as a Place of Exile

The Lasso (A)way: Ted Lasso

Prodigals and Seeds: Leaving and Returning to Richmond

An Icon Returns: Jamie Tartt

Nate the Great: Nathan Shelley

He Is Here, He Is There, He Is Everywhere: Roy Kent55

Foil: Rupert Mannion

Finding an Unexpected Home

Rebecca Welton

Trent Crimm

Chapter 7: It's the Hope That Kills Ya: Ted Lasso on Liberative Ideas and Hope-Filled Destinies

Idea-Destiny Scheme

"It's the Hope That Kills Ya"

Thinking About Hope

Tuesday and Eternity

Ted, Liberative Ideas, and Hope-Filled Destinies

When Hope Is Unfulfilled

Returning to Richmond and Kansas

Part II: The Lasso Way.

Chapter 8: Nate "the Great" and the Transforming Power of Love

Caught Up in a Love Story

First Formation and Childhood Wounds

Demise and Self-Sabotage

The Stories We Tell Ourselves About G-O-D

The Path Back Home-Loved into Love

Five Essential Elements of a Love We Can Trust

To Trust God's Love, I Need to Know God Is . . . for Me43

To Trust God's Love, I Need to Know God . . . Sees Me and Knows Me and Welcomes Me as I Am

To Trust God's Love, I Need to Know God . . . Likes and Enjoys Me

To Trust God's Love, I Need to Know God Is . . . Committed to Me

To Trust God's Love, I Need to Know God Is . . . Good, All the Time

Back Home in the House of Love

Chapter 9: Ted Lasso and Lament

Toxic Positivity as an Inappropriate Response to Trauma

Correctly Interpreting Rom. 8:28

Therapy and Lament

Expressing What Is Wrong

Relationships and Lament

How Not to Lament

Chapter 10: I Believe in BELIEVE, I Trust in TRUST: Why Ted Lasso, Christianity, and All Relationships Are About Trust

I Believe in BELIEVE

It's Just a Sign

A Lot of Times the Right Idea Is Just Sitting Behind a Couple of the Wrong Ones

Belief Doesn't Just Happen Because You Hang Something on a Wall

I Believe in Hope

McAdoo to Take the Penalty? I Wouldn't Trust Him to Take an Aspirin

Believe Me, It Will All Work Out, Exactly as It's Supposed To

Chapter 11: Ted, Trauma, Truth, and Transition

Trauma and the Body

Communal Transformation

Avoidance (It Doesn't Work)

Breaking Point and Crisis

Truth and Reconciliation

Chapter 12: Ted Lasso and the Great Commandment

Love the Lord Your God

Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

Forgiving Others: Love in Action

Ted and Rebecca: Love Your Neighbor.

Jamie Tartt and Roy Kent: Forgiveness Between Children and Their Fathers

AFC Richmond and Nate the Great: Communal Forgiveness

Love Yourself as Your Neighbor

Loving Your Neighbors Means Calling Them by Their Names

Joy in the Great Commandment

Roy Kent: No Longer "Associate, But Neighbor"

Isaac McAdoo: From Loving the Game Again to Loving Others

And the Greatest of These Is Love

Final Reflections: Change We Can Believe In: The Unlikely Common Ground Between Pelagius, Augustine, and Ted Lasso

Can People Change?

Three Answers

Augustine and Pelagius on the Possibility of Change

God and the Possibility of Change

Index

About the Editor and Contributors

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ISBN:

979-82-16-26518-4

OCLC:

1591749945