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Peltomäki, Isto. "Theology and Philosophy of Care." Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie 61, no. 3 (2019): 370–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/nzsth-2019-0020.

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Summary This paper explores pastoral care as a common task of all Christians in the light of theology and philosophy of love in contemporary Finnish Lutheran theology. Pastoral care is about taking care of one’s suffering neighbours, which theologically is about love. The so-called Finnish school of Luther studies considered Luther as a theologian of love. Finnish theological ethics has concentrated on interpretation of Luther’s theology. Luther’s concept of love has been reinterpreted by Risto Saarinen with the idea of gift and recognition. Following Saarinen, and Jaana Hallamaa’s ethical the

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Morozov, E. M. "Pastoral Discourse in Christian Theology." Yazyk i kul'tura, no. 40 (December 1, 2017): 44–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.17223/19996195/40/4.

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Peters, Ted. "Public Theology: Its Pastoral, Apologetic, Scientific, Political, and Prophetic Tasks." International Journal of Public Theology 12, no. 2 (2018): 153–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15697320-12341533.

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Abstract This blueprint for a constructive public theology assumes that Christian theology already includes public discourse. Following David Tracy’s delineation of three publics—church, academy, culture—further constructive work leads to a public theology conceived in the church, reflected on critically in the academy, and meshed with the wider culture. Public reflection on classic Christian doctrines in a post-secular pluralistic context takes the form of pastoral illumination, apologetic reason, a theology of nature, political theology, and prophetic critique.

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Nagypál, Szabolcs, and Krisztián Fenyves. "The Irrevocable Gifts and the Calling of God: Continuity and Discontinuity in Jewish–Christian Dialogue." Religions 16, no. 4 (2025): 401. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16040401.

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This article explores the evolution of Jewish–Christian dialogue in the Roman Catholic Church, focusing on the theological and pastoral contributions of three post-Vatican II Popes—John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis. Beginning with the transformative Nostra Ætate declaration of the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), this study examines how each Pope uniquely advanced Jewish–Christian relations through doctrinal development, symbolic gestures, and interreligious dialogue. John Paul II’s performative theology emphasized reconciliation and outreach, significantly enhancing Jewish–Christian

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Graham, Elaine. "Pastoral Theology: Therapy, Mission or Liberation?" Scottish Journal of Theology 52, no. 4 (1999): 430–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003693060005047x.

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In a book entitled The Christian Pastor and the Working Church, published in 1898, Washington Gladden, a leading figure in the Social Gospel movement, attempts a definition of the field of Pastoral Theology. Gladden's characterisation of pastoral theology as the pragmatic study of the work of the minister and the management of the Church is typical of many definitions, both historical and contemporary:

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Stoddart, Eric. "Current Thinking in Pastoral Theology." Expository Times 123, no. 7 (2012): 323–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0014524612439839.

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The recipients and providers of pastoral care live in complex contexts in which they are shaped by not only Christian faith but multiple social, economic, political and cultural factors. This article traces current thinking in pastoral theology by eschewing the limiting of pastoral to ecclesial contexts and, instead, considers the more encompassing interests of pastoral-practical theology. Using the analogy of networks, three nodes of interest are identified in current literature: the parameters, coherence and dynamics of pastoral-practical theology. The scope of the discipline is discussed. P

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Potts, Matthew Lawrence. "Mourning for forgiveness." Theology 122, no. 3 (2019): 180–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0040571x19826177.

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This article proposes a new understanding of unconditional forgiveness as a human moral act, based on brief considerations of Scripture and atonement theology, as well as attention to forgiveness as a public and pastoral practice. The article seeks to define unconditional forgiveness as a specific and limited discipline of Christian non-violence, and as a pastoral and spiritual practice of Christian mourning.

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Benne, Robert. "God’s Holy Ordinance." Philosophy and Canon Law, no. 6 (December 18, 2020): 7–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.31261/pacl.2020.06.01.

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In this article, I argue that the church must build up its theology of marriage in a more disciplined manner because the culture no longer sustains the Christian notion. In making a substantive argument I rely on the Lutheran “two ways that God reigns” approach in which we share “places of responsibility” with all humans, but in which the Christian virtues of faith, love, and hope transform those places into genuine Christian callings. I then contend strongly for the continued rejection of same-sex marriage among orthodox Christians. I conclude with what I hope is a compassionate pastoral appr

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Butler, Geoffrey. "Plague, Pentecostalism, and Pastoral Guidance." Pneuma 43, no. 1 (2021): 5–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15700747-bja10030.

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Abstract Plagues and pandemics are nothing new for the Christian church. Throughout its history, believers have been forced to grapple with outbreaks, the latest being the COVID-19 crisis of 2020. As a relatively young branch of the Christian faith, Pentecostalism itself does not have a great deal of experience with this subject compared to many older traditions. In addition, with its emphasis on divine healing, a triumphalist attitude has unfortunately hindered some segments of the movement from developing a robust response to sickness and suffering at all. Martin Luther’s sixteenth-century r

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Marisi, Candra Gunawan, Didimus Sutanto, and Ardianto Lahagu. "Teologi Pastoral dalam Menghadapi Tantangan Kepemimpinan Kristen di Era Post-Modern: Tinjauan Yesaya 40:11." DIEGESIS: Jurnal Teologi Kharismatika 3, no. 2 (2020): 120–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.53547/diegesis.v3i2.80.

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Pastoral Theology has its own challenges facing this postmodern era. Postmodern phenomena that prioritize rationality, pragmatism, and relativism make truths subjective in nature based on context. The reluctance to place the absolute truth of the Bible even more so makes pastoral theology at a point that continues to erode. Where its role continues to be sued and replaced by other disciplines. Now the pastoral theology is questioned for its relevance to be able to provide answers to current pastoral problems. This study aims to answer the relevance of pastoral theology to the challenges of Chr

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Susanto, Daniel. "Menggumuli Teologi Pastoral Yang Relevan Bagi Indonesia." DISKURSUS - JURNAL FILSAFAT DAN TEOLOGI STF DRIYARKARA 13, no. 1 (2014): 77–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.36383/diskursus.v13i1.93.

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Abstract: Pastoral theology in Indonesia is inherited from the West. Because the Indonesian context is not the same as that of Western society, theologians in Indonesia need to develop pastoral theology that is relevant to the Indonesian context. This article is an effort to engage with pastoral theology in a way that is relevant to Indonesia. This effort departs from an understanding of the church in Indonesia, which is open and serving. In relation to the traditional understanding of theology and its branches, pastoral theology in Indonesia can be understood as a field of study on theory and

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Lobo, Rhaissa Marques Botelho. "Frei Betto em experiências de viagens: o cristão no socialismo real." Revista de História e Historiografia da Educação 1, no. 2 (2017): 124. http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/rhhe.v1i2.51168.

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Analisam-se aqui as incursões e trabalhos pastorais nos países do socialismo real especialmente Cuba, Nicarágua, União Soviética e as reflexões que ele faz entre convergências e divergências da teoria marxista e a religião cristã.Frei Betto in travel experiences: the christian in real socialism. This paper examines the incursions and pastoral work in the countries of real socialism, especially Cuba, Nicaragua, Soviet Union, and the reflections he makes between the convergences and divergences of Marxist theory and the christian religion. Keywords: Travel; Frei Betto; Liberation Theology; Intel

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Scholten, Clemens. "Die Funktion der Häresienabwehr in der Alten Kirche." Vigiliae Christianae 66, no. 3 (2012): 229–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157007211x591821.

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Abstract The heresiology and heresiography of the Early Church are usually regarded as belonging to the domains of pastoral care and dogmatic theology. This paper argues that anti-heretical statements of Christian authors should also be studied in connection with Christianity’s conflicts with non-Christian culture and society.

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Hansen, Benjamin. "Making Christians in the Umayyad Levant: Anastasius of Sinai and Christian Rites of Maintenance." Studies in Church History 59 (June 2023): 98–118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/stc.2023.6.

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Toward the end of the seventh century, Anastasius of Sinai took it upon himself to offer advice to lay Christians facing a new Umayyad world. For Anastasius, Christian identity needed simplification. In his Edifying Tales and Questions and Answers, he would de-emphasize theology, arguing that Christian identity was a more basic affair, involving baptism, the eucharist and the sign of the cross. For him, these were ‘rites of maintenance’, acts which sustained Christian identity in a fluid world of religious alternatives. Such actions warded off the demonic and drew a clear boundary between Musl

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Penny, Ruth. "A Response to Philip Culbertson's Presentation." New Zealand Journal of Counselling 29, no. 1 (2009): 18–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/nzjc.v29i1.103.

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The author comments on a presentation on Christian counselling by Philip Culbertson delivered in New Zealand on July 18, 2008. She notes that being a pastoral counsellor in a church that observes the discipleship movement made her experience a dilemma between offering freedom to people and being a standard of behaviour in her parish. She agrees with the practice of Culbertson of not running the word Christian and counsellor together. In the author's opinion, most people of faith hold both the espoused theology and the embodied theology.

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Ballano, Vivencio O. "The Social Sciences, Pastoral Theology, and Pastoral Work: Understanding the Underutilization of Sociology in Catholic Pastoral Ministry." Open Theology 6, no. 1 (2020): 531–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opth-2020-0132.

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AbstractApplying sociological imagination and theological perspectives and using some secondary literature that focus on the American pastoral experience, this article explains why sociology and the social sciences are underutilized in the pastoral ministry of Catholic priests despite the Catholic Church’s openness to human sciences’ contributions to evangelization after the Second Vatican Council. In particular, it examines how the (i) uneasy alliance between Catholic theology and sociology, (ii) overemphasis on the invisible and theological dimension of the Church in current ecclesiologies,

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Silberman, Jeffery Martin. "A Jewish Experience of Clinical Pastoral Education." Journal of Pastoral Care 40, no. 4 (1986): 354–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002234098604000409.

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Presents a personal account of a Rabbi going through a Clinical Pastoral Education unit. Notes the difficulties, resistances, and discomforts associated with a learning experience in which theology, language, and ecclesiastical forms are Christian. Concludes that despite such differences and difficulties, the CPE experience can lead to a variety of important learnings.

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Bignotti, Samuele. "Ecumenical Bridges between Orthodox and Catholic Sides: Comparison between Fratelli Tutti of Pope Francis and For the Life of the World. Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church Signed by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew." Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu 13, no. 1 (2021): 42–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ress-2021-0004.

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Abstract A large part of Christians in the world have been involved in social topics by these two pastoral documents released by the Holy See and the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Both documents bear the mark of the two Church Primates, Pope Francis and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew who inspired them and who had already shown interest in themes such as human life, social theology, climate and ecumenism. This essay aims to offer an ecumenical common reading of the two recent documents, Fratelli Tutti and For the Life of the World. Toward a Social Ethos of the Ortho dox Church, considering the

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Lawler, Michael G., and Gail S. Risch. "Covenant Generativity: Toward a Theology of Christian Family." Horizons 26, no. 1 (1999): 7–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0360966900031509.

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AbstractThis article is an effort toward practical, pastoral, theological correlation, an effort to bring together the American cultural tradition and the Christian theological tradition. Its argument develops in four cumulative theses to be explicated: (1) there is a crisis of family in the United States today; (2) what is said of family in both First and Second biblical Testaments is of no direct help in that crisis; (3) what makes a family Christian is not the slavish following of some biblical saying about family but the following of Jesus confessed as the Christ; (4) the Christian family

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Dreyer, Y. "Vergewe en vergeet: ‘n Pastorale perspektief." Verbum et Ecclesia 26, no. 1 (2005): 16–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ve.v26i1.211.

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This article focuses on pastoral care concerning people who have been victimised by others. The aim is to highlight the theological dilemma created for such people by the Christian imperative to forgive. The article argues that pastoral care goes beyond this imperative. The focus is rather on healing and wholeness. After this has been achieved, true compassion toward others who are down-trodden and have been hurt, becomes possible. In this way forgiveness can be internalised. This pastoral approach is theoretically substantiated by the philosophy of Paul Ricoeur and the practical theology of D

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Bringle, Mary Louise. "Swallowing the Shame: Pastoral Care Issues in Food Abuse." Journal of Pastoral Care 48, no. 2 (1994): 135–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002234099404800205.

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Notes how women's experience and bodily experience–particularly the problems of food abuse–have been trivialized for centuries within Christian theology. Utilizes story, statistics, and personal strategies to address the issue, leading to a kind of wisdom which would include healthy eating free from debilitating shame.

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Adilang, Ryanto. "Buta Mata dan Buta Hati: Strategi Pastoral Yesus Kristus Dalam Markus 8:22-26." PASOLO: Jurnal Ilmu Teologi dan Pendidikan Kristen 1, no. 1 (2024): 20–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.70420/h96jn183.

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Love is the foundation for theology but also for doing our duties and responsibilities as Christians. Love is also what moved Jesus to pass on the responsibility of shepherding to the apostles, then later became a mandate for the Church today. Thus, love will always be the main weapon in the Church's efforts to enact Pastoral Counseling. But the next question is, how will love be the answer to today's pastoral challenges? This question needs an answer because pastoral challenges have transformed into more complicated ones. The researcher determined a qualitative research method with a descript

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Adilang, Ryanto. "Buta Mata dan Buta Hati: Strategi Pastoral Yesus Kristus Dalam Markus 8:22-26." PASOLO: Jurnal Ilmu Teologi dan Pendidikan Kristen 1, No 1 Maret 2024 (2024): 20–26. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11093902.

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Love is the foundation for theology but also for doing our duties and responsibilities as Christians. Love is also what moved Jesus to pass on the responsibility of shepherding to the apostles, then later became a mandate for the Church today. Thus, love will always be the main weapon in the Church's efforts to enact Pastoral Counseling. But the next question is, how will love be the answer to today's pastoral challenges? This question needs an answer because pastoral challenges have transformed into more complicated ones. The researcher determined a qualitative research method with a descript

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Tan, Kang-San. "The Inter-Religious Frontier." Mission Studies 31, no. 2 (2014): 139–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15733831-12341330.

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The article explores the phenomenon of Christians who seek to maintain forms of multiple religious identity. It offers a dual-belonging theology from an Evangelical missiological perspective, with special reference to Christian and Buddhist traditions. The article seeks to offer some trajectories whereby softer forms of dual religious identity may not be incompatible with Evangelical faith. It uses theology of religion as a framework for understanding the phenomenon of multi-religious belonging. First, various types or expressions of multi-religious belonging are described in order to provide

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Grenz, Stanley J. "The Hopeful Pessimist: Christian Pastoral Theology in a Pessimistic Context." Journal of Pastoral Care 54, no. 3 (2000): 297–311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002234090005400307.

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Graham, Elaine. "Book Review: New Dictionary of Christian Ethics and Pastoral Theology." Theology 99, no. 787 (1996): 76–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0040571x9509900127.

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Kosmowski, W. "Pastoral psychiatry – towards new understanding." European Psychiatry 65, S1 (2022): S548. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1404.

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Introduction Cultural psychiatry is an area of psychiatry that has been growing in importance recently. According to the new definition, mental health requires harmony with the universal values of society (Galderisi et al., 2017). Faith is considered an important factor in culture. Theology can enable a better understanding of psychiatric problems and distinction between spiritual and mental issues. “Pastoral theology aims at constructing models of redeeming activity of the Church which are current in these days, and will be current in the nearest future” (Przygoda, 2013). This discipline must

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Armstrong, Michael R. "Training Theological Reflectors to Facilitate Ordinary Theology in Churches." Ecclesial Practices 2, no. 2 (2015): 198–216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22144471-00202001.

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This paper argues that there are good reasons why church and academy need better to hear and take account of the ordinary theology (hereafter O.Th) of practising Christians. It is an important form of practical theology which not only can inform current theological debates and even challenge existing theological norms, but also provide deep learning experiences both for ordinary theologians and those ministering to them. To facilitate the articulation of O.Th, trained theological reflectors are needed who can listen to ordinary Christian people with a ‘theological ear’ and become ‘people’s the

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Bezpalova, A. V. "Religious Books in the Reconstructed Fond in the Library of the Orenburg Theological Seminary." Bibliosphere, no. 3 (April 25, 2022): 66–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.20913/1815-3186-2022-3-66-74.

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The article is devoted to the library of the Orenburg Theological Seminary, which was lost in 1918. It was based on the books of spiritual and religious content. The purpose of the library reconstruction is to create its approximate catalog at the time of the seminary closure. The article describes only that sections of the catalog that reflect physically preserved books: Holy Scripture, Dogmatic Theology, Homiletics, Pastoral Theology, Moral Theology, Asceticism, Ecumenism, Christian apologetics, Schismatic studies, history of non-Christian religions, history of the Russian Orthodox Church, e

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Morrison, Glenn. "Pastoral Theology and the Little Goodness: Rejoice and Be Glad with the Voice of Song." Journal of Ecumenical Studies 58, no. 4 (2022): 544–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2022.a914307.

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precis: The essay aims to develop the nature of pastoral theology through orienting the Christian life of faith through a Jewish sense of otherness as the little goodness. In particular, together Pope Francis’s Apostolic Exhortation, Gaudete et exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad), and Emmanuel Levinas’s ethical metaphysics will be a significant inspiration. Perseverance through adversity in the hope of joy and gladness is both a Jewish and a Christian biblical theme giving light to the mysteries and practice of faith. There is much to reflect about holiness and the mystery of God that Christians c

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Berinyuu, Abraham Adu. "Change, Ritual, and Grief: Continuity and Discontinuity of Pastoral Theology in Ghana." Journal of Pastoral Care 46, no. 2 (1992): 141–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002234099204600206.

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Uses a life segment from a Westernized Ghanaian man going through grief over the death of his father to illustrate the conflicts implicit when Ghanaian culture and religious values interact with Western civilization and Christianity. Develops the thesis that a pastoral theology of ritual may provide a religious understanding in which Western Christian notions and practices and the original understandings of Ghanaians can be bridged. Notes especially the role of the cross in providing a symbol capable of creatively relating original cultic meanings witn an enlightened Christian understanding of

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Nkuna, Vusimuzi. "Pastoral Care as Volunteerism from the Perspective of neo-Pentecostalism in Bushbuckridge, South Africa." Social Science and Humanities Journal 8, no. 12 (2024): 6042–50. https://doi.org/10.18535/sshj.v8i12.1514.

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This article presents findings from the study of pastoral care as volunteerism from the perspective of Neo-Pentecostalism. The purpose of the study was to understand the volunteering models used by this Christian tradition based on the study conducted in Bushbuckridge in South Africa. Conducted within the discipline of practical theology using Osmer’s theory of theological reflection, the study followed a qualitative approach within the interpretivist paradigm. It used primary data collected from neo-Pentecostals that were purposively selected from members of neo-Pentecostal churches in Bushbu

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Lee, Chang Kyoo. "Christian Forgiveness in the Context of Pastoral Care and Counseling : A Pastoral Theology of Forgiving." Theology and Praxis 78 (February 28, 2022): 335–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.14387/jkspth.2022.78.335.

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Aleshire, Daniel. "Finding Eagles in the Turkeys' Nest: Pastoral Theology and Christian Education." Review & Expositor 85, no. 4 (1988): 695–709. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/003463738808500409.

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Gentry, Dawn. "Spirituality in Practice: Paul’s Call Toward a Pastoral Theology of Relationships." Religions 15, no. 12 (2024): 1434. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel15121434.

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This article examines Paul’s letter to the Romans (with supporting texts) to assess the intersection between beliefs about God, behaviors for God, and being in community. Additionally, it offers suggestions to deepen Christian spiritual formation among congregants in churches and small groups with a view toward missiology and communal witness.

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Underwood, Ralph L. "Enlarging Hope for Wholeness: Ministry with Persons in Pain." Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling: Advancing theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective publications 60, no. 1-2 (2006): 3–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154230500606000102.

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The author explores the many spiritual ramifications of chronic pain on a person's faith and theology. He suggests that much of contemporary Christian religion, often preoccupied with health and wholeness, may overlook the role chronic pain plays in forming the soul. Making a plea for more cogent ways for the Christian to interrelate a vision of God with the practice of ministry, he expresses the hope that such an enlargement of vision will enhance the sustaining and healing power of pastoral ministry to persons in chronic pain.

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Badgett, Jonathan P. "Undermining Moral Self-deception with the Help of Puritan Pastoral Theology." Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care 11, no. 1 (2018): 23–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1939790917749305.

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Modernist philosophy and psychology have pursued a variety of methods and models for understanding the universal inclination of human persons toward moral self-deception. We tend, as the Scriptures reveal and as recent empirical studies have confirmed, to think more highly of ourselves and our personal moral caliber than we ought. Whereas, Freud, Sartre, and others have offered solutions to the “paradox” of self-deception—that is, how one can be both deceiver and deceived—their solutions ultimately fall short in terms of both coherence and explanatory power. From a Christian perspective, secul

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Doe, Norman. "THE CATEGORY “LEGAL THEOLOGY” AND THE STUDY OF CHRISTIAN LAWS." Journal of Law and Religion 32, no. 1 (2017): 64–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2017.13.

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Theology, the study of God, consists of a network of subdisciplines: biblical theology, moral theology, ecumenical theology, and so on. Each branch of theology has its own distinctive object of study, methods, and purposes. For example, pneumatology studies the Holy Spirit, practical theology uses the pastoral cycle, and liberation theology seeks to transform unjust societal structures that oppress the marginalized. Each branch of theology has its own distinctive community of scholars. It is a common view (though perhaps a contested one, as between the different church traditions) that the mai

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Kunnumpuram, Kurien. "Towards a Christian World-View:Theological Explorations." Jnanadeepa: Pune Journal of Religious Studies July-Dec 2011, Vol 14/2 (2011): 279–302. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4284289.

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 In this article the author briefly discusses some of the theological views he holds. He has been engaged in learn- ing and teaching theology for about fifty years. During the course of these years he has gained some theological insights and acquired certain theological convictions. It is these that he tries to articulate here. What is said here is necessarily tentative and incomplete. Then carefully and cautiously, he summarizes his theologi- cal position on the following topics: God; The Human Person; The World: Jesus Christ; The Church as a Divine-Human Reality; and The Missi

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Sudarmanto, Gunaryo. ""SELF SPIRITUAL THERAPY” KRISTEN SUATU KAJIAN INTEGRATIF TEOLOGI SISTEMATIKA, PASTORAL KONSELING DAN EMOTIONAL SPIRITUAL QUOTIENT (ESQ)." Jurnal Misioner 2, no. 1 (2022): 20–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.51770/jm.v2i1.46.

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Covid-19 Pandemic has created many personal problems among Christians. Christian Counsellor has not able to cover it through onsite and online ministry. Believers have to face their problem by themselves. So that they need to have ability to treat themselves by Self Spiritual Therapy. The purpose of this research is to design theological foundations in relationship with counselling pastoral principles and ESQ. To reach the aim, this research uses Qualitative approach with inductive mind and Phenomenological paradigm. The method that be used is ‘exegetic biblical theology-systematic theology’ t

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Deddo, Gary. "The Grammar of Barth's Theology of Personal Relations." Scottish Journal of Theology 47, no. 2 (1994): 183–222. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003693060004597x.

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In much contemporary theology, pastoral/practical theology, and much of the more popular ‘Christian’ literature there is a concern for exploring and discovering various aspects of right relationship. These relationships might be political, marital, familial, sexual, economic, those within the church, or between the church and the greater society. What seems to be lacking in many of these discussions is an adequate theological foundation upon which to carry out the exploration. There are assumptions made about the nature of human relationships which seem to have no connection to theological und

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Jusko, Peter, Albín Masarik, and Ján Nvota. "The Diaconal Work of Sisters Kristína and Mária Royová—An Example of the Link between Christian Anthropology and Social Work." Religions 15, no. 1 (2023): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel15010009.

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Considering the intermingling of problems in today’s multi-crisis environment, this text explores the possibilities of intertwining social work and pastoral care. In the search for effective approaches, we find dynamic patterns in the activities of the Royová (Roy) sisters. Their diaconal work is an important source for social work history illustrating how social work took the form of diaconal (charity) work with a rich pastoral reach at the time. Their activities represent a natural link between Christian anthropology and social work. This study mainly investigates the Christian (spiritual) b

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Canales, Arthur David. "Servant-Leadership: A Model for Youth Ministry." Journal of Youth and Theology 13, no. 1 (2014): 42–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/24055093-90000074.

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This article addresses the importance of servant-leadership and to be utilized as one model of leadership for integration and implementation within a Christian youth ministry. Essentially the essay is divided two sections: The first part of the paper provides a brief background on servant-leadership, addresses the theology of servant-leadership, and examines 10 theological characteristics for integration into Christian youth ministry. The second section of the paper provides 6 pedagogical and pastoral implementation strategies for youth ministers to apply in their programs. The ideas in this e

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Kim, Hee Sun. "Religion Helps and Religion Hinders: the Psychological Functions of Religion." Korean Society of Minjung theology 38 (December 31, 2022): 129–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.58302/madang.2022..38.129.

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In this article, I would like to see how a religion function one’s mind. In order to do so, I will begin with reviewing Freud and Kohut’s thoughts on religion. Although their emphasis on the function of religion would be different, it can be said that the religion affects people’s minds both positively and negatively. Religious addiction can be an example of a negative side of religion; religion has a positive function in that it gives hope and comfort to human beings. Having said that, I wonder how religion would function in the psyche of Korean Christian women when facing domestic violence b

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Chisale, Sinenhlanhla S. "Sacred Spaces and Disability: African Women Theology of Disability as Pastoral Praxis." Studies in World Christianity 29, no. 1 (2023): 57–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/swc.2023.0418.

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Generally, all religions in Africa including Christianity are numerically dominated by women, yet women experience exclusion and oppression in sacred spaces. This oppression and exclusion are worse for women and girls with disabilities due to the ableist theologies perpetuated in spaces of worship. This is enforced by the regulations that govern the physical structures and boundaries of spaces of faith. As a result, religious spatial politics is intertwined with how the body physically and spiritually conforms to the regulations of a certain religion. In conservative forms of Christianity, the

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Snodgrass, Jill. "Engaging God's Gift of Time." Jnanadeepa: Pune Journal of Religious Studies July-Dec 2018, Vol 22/2 (2018): 105–25. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4285943.

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Time is often viewed as a commodity. We “have” time. We “spend” time. As a result, we most often see time as limited. We cannot find time. We need more time. But time is not a commodity. God gifts us with time and we discern–wisely or not–how to engage it. This article explores how conceptions of time are culturally  constructed, and examines theological and scriptural  perspectives on time, to posit a practical theology for how Christian leaders can receive the gift of time given by God and discern how to engage time as God intends.

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Kofoed, Jens Bruun. "Old Testament Law, Pastoral Counseling, and Community Engagement in Lutheran Perspective." HIPHIL Novum 9, no. 2 (2024): 116–64. https://doi.org/10.7146/hn.v9i2.150837.

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The paper explores Martin Luther's stance on Old Testament law, specifically his dismissal of the Mosaic law’s binding nature for Christians. It argues that Luther’s reliance on natural law as an inherent instinct for grasping the order of creation raises challenges due to the inherent ambiguity and fallen nature of human understanding. The analysis delves into biblical, philosophical, and historical perspectives on natural law, underscoring the intricacies surrounding its practical application. Additionally, the article criticizes Luther’s supersessionist theology, which posits the replacemen

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Marsden, John. "Reinhold Niebuhr and the Ethics of Christian Realism." International Journal of Public Theology 4, no. 4 (2010): 483–501. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156973210x526445.

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AbstractAfter considering the social and pastoral context in which Niebuhr began to develop his theology, some of the leading influences and dominant themes are identified. Through engaging with a gritty Marxian class analysis Niebuhr launched his attack upon the social idealism of so much of the Christian witness of his generation. In mid-life the critique of liberalism and his ‘Christian realism’ are informed by a wrestling with the Augustinian and Reformation traditions. Later still Christian realism gives way to a more pragmatic chastened liberalism. The dualism between the personal and so

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Okpaleke, Ikenna Paschal. "Ecumenical Dialogue as Exchange of Knowledge Systems." Exchange 47, no. 3 (2018): 282–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1572543x-12341490.

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Abstract The relationship between theology and the social sciences has often been tenuous, mainly due to methodological differences. However, the relationship between the two is quite evident in such areas as pastoral theology and Christian Education, which combine theology with sociological data. This paper attempts to argue in support of a greater relationship between the two, especially between the areas of ecumenical dialogue and social psychology. It addresses the question: How can ecumenical dialogue be re-thought, in the light of insights from social psychology, in order to give room fo

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Markey, OP, John J. "Notes from the Road More Traveled: Doing Theology in a US Cultural Context." New Theology Review 28, no. 2 (2016): 18. http://dx.doi.org/10.17688/ntr.v28i2.1221.

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One of the most significant consequences of Vatican II has been the worldwide effort at inculturation and contextualization of the Christian tradition, particularly at the level of foundational theology and method.This process implies drawing on the unique patterns of thought, social structures, cultural narratives, and rituals to develop new theological and pastoral sensibilities.This process, termed “prophetic dialogue” by Steve Bevans and Roger Schroeder,[1] seems to be dramatically underway practically everywhere in the Roman Catholic world except, most notably, in the United States.While

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