Compassionate Resistance: An Ethic for Pastoral Care and Counseling

Ramsay, Nancy J.

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“…The pastoral care of ch ildren is a resourceful book that will assist one in overcoming an xiety and help one deliver thoughtful and uplifting pastoral care to ch ild ren and youth. Ramsay (1998) has done a lengthy analysis of pastoral assessment of parishioners' problems. The book discusses the theological and ethical foundations of the Judeo-Christian tradition for pastoral care.…”

Section: Challenges To Pastoral Carementioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluating the Nature and Challenges to Pastoral Care in Catholic Sponsored Schools in Nakuru Municipality, Nakuru County, Kenya

Nduku¹,

Onyancha²,

Ayiemba³

2016

International Journal of Social Science Studies

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Catholic Church sponsored schools have generally exh ibited great academic performance all over Kenya. However, there are a nu mber of challenges facing these Schools which have not been studied and documented. The purpose of this paper is therefore to share the findings of the Nature and Pastoral Care challenges facing Catholic Church-sponsored schools in Nakuru Municipality in Nakuru County. The objectives of the paper are; to establish the nature of Pastoral Care in Catholic Church-sponsored schools in Nakuru Municipality and to assess the challenges to proper Pastoral Care in Catholic managed schools in the Nakuru Municipality. The paper is justified by a lack of existing literature on the challenges facing these schools. The paper is guided by the theory of abundant life attributed to Jesus Christ and deprivation theory propounded by John Bowlby (2007). Th is paper uses qualitative research method incorporating interviews, questionnaires and focus group discussions to collect data. A sampled population of 216 including teachers, prefects, principals and a group of students for focused group discussions are selected purposively for this paper. The data collected is analy zed descriptively. The findings and recommendations of this paper are hopefully help ful t o the policy makers oneducation both state and non-state actors.

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Section: Challenges To Pastoral Carementioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluating the Nature and Challenges to Pastoral Care in Catholic Sponsored Schools in Nakuru Municipality, Nakuru County, Kenya

Nduku¹,

Onyancha²,

Ayiemba³

2016

International Journal of Social Science Studies

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“…Pastoral theologians thus resist when they advocate, support, encourage, empower, join, and expose. Nancy Ramsay (1998), as she reflects on an ethic for pastoral care, writes that when pastoral theologians and caregivers keep the tension between God's love and justice, they "embody God's fierce tenderness in the practice of ministry" and engage in "compassionate resistance" (p. 219). 1 Compassionate resistance seeks a "trustworthy exercise of power."…”

Section: Pastoral Theological Powermentioning

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Seeing Things Differently and Not Being Looked At

Hamman

2009

Pastoral Psychol

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Three traits inform a pastoral theological hermeneutic. These include: interpreting "the living human web"; relying upon the unique location and nature of pastoral theological imagination; and embodying the power that comes with knowledge and the discernment of meaning. These traits often lead to pastoral theologians seeing things in a different light than colleagues in other theological disciplines, while often holding comparatively less power or influence in the academy. The image of the pastoral theologian as hermeneutical juggler is identified to complement existing metaphors that can inform the identity and hermeneutic of a pastoral theologian.

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“…Does the pastoral minister view his/her preaching as a prophetic critique of the current situation? Is s/he inviting or leading the community of faith to consider the form(s) of pastoral resistance (Ramsay, 1998) to be directed toward those in power and to the wider community? Is her/his prophetic critique an attempt to reconcile people to God and to take steps toward reconciling with those who have suffered as a result of American interventionist policies?…”

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Render Unto Caesar: Pastoral Care and the American Empire

LaMothe

2006

Pastoral Psychol

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This article addresses the relation between the American Empire and the intriguing contradictions and problems that arise for pastoral ministers who live in and are citizens of the empire. Sources and characteristics of the American Empire are described, which serves as a foundation for identifying four key features of an empire psyche. The attributes of the empire psyche, which are yoked to pastoral identity and practice, contradict central Christian claims. Given the reality of the American Empire and an empire psyche, I identify and describe some pastoral struggles and possible responses.

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Compassionate Resistance: An Ethic for Pastoral Care and Counseling

Cited by 16 publications

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Evaluating the Nature and Challenges to Pastoral Care in Catholic Sponsored Schools in Nakuru Municipality, Nakuru County, Kenya

Evaluating the Nature and Challenges to Pastoral Care in Catholic Sponsored Schools in Nakuru Municipality, Nakuru County, Kenya

Seeing Things Differently and Not Being Looked At

Render Unto Caesar: Pastoral Care and the American Empire

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