Friendship & the Qualities of the Pastoral Relationship

2012 ◽  
pp. 74-81
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Relationship

scholarly journals Pastorale elemente in Hebreërs

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
C.J.H. Venter
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Central Concept ◽  
Specific Expression ◽  
High Priest ◽  
Pastoral Relationship

Pastoral elements in Hebrews In this article the letter to the Hebrews is scrutinised in order to investigate possible elements that can be applied in pastoral care and ministering. After indicating certain expressions used for different nuances of proclaiming in Hebrews, the expression “parakalein” as central concept for pastoral care will be focused on. The spectrum of the ensuing research includes aspects like the great High Priest’s purification of sin as foundation for pastoral care, and sympathy and empathy in the work of the great High Priest. Furthermore, viewpoints on the following are given: a pastoral relationship, the Hebrew term, “therapon”, as specific expression for a caring minister; the instruction to the members of the congregation to be pastors for one another; spirituality, and possible indications of the meaning of suffering. Finally the pastoral elements of faith, hope and perseverance are discussed. In conclusion a summary of the most important pastoral elemens is given.

Creating the cloud-tent-ship conceit in Exodus

2011 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 103-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miranda Wilcox
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Cognitive Science ◽  
Old English ◽  
Eighth Century ◽  
Hostile Environment ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Culturally Specific ◽  
God's People ◽  
Pastoral Relationship ◽  
Interpretative Framework

AbstractThe enigmatic description of the columna nubis in lines 71b–92 of the Old English Exodus juxtaposes images of substances that shield God's people from their hostile environment; understanding the relations among these protective coverings requires cultural and literary knowledge not explicitly articulated in Exodus. Metaphors and typologies developed in Arator's sixth-century Historia apostolica and subsequently conventionalized in Bede's eighth-century Expositio actuum Apostolorum, texts used in the Anglo-Saxon monastic curriculum, provide an interpretative framework for the complicated accretion of images in Exodus. Using insights about metaphorical processing from cognitive science, this article argues that the Exodus-poet crafted a sophisticated tripartite conceit to generate a pastoral relationship with his audience, first by adapting metaphoric mappings from Arator and Bede and then by extending their domains with culturally specific entailments about how ships and tents functioned as protective covers in Anglo-Saxon material culture.

The Dignity of Servanthood in Pastoral Care

2003 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald H. Sunderland
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Rich Source ◽  
Care Recipient ◽  
The Social ◽  
Caring Relationship ◽  
Pastoral Relationship

Servanthood is a dominant image of ministry in both Jewish and Christian scriptures, and poses a rich source of material from which to address the theme of human dignity from the perspective of pastoral care. The biblical concept of servanthood, which defines the nature of the pastoral relationship and dignifies the personhood of the care recipient, suggests an approach to the issues of vulnerability of both giver and receiver of care, and proposes that the caring relationship is best conceived as a partnership to which each participant brings gifts. The servant theme implies addressing the notion of the kingship of Christ, how control issues affect the ministry of pastoral care, and the realization that being a servant of the Lord entails a concern for the well being of each individual and of the social order; that is, servant ministry mandates both visiting the sick ( Matthew 25) and seek justice and righteousness as social norms ( Isaiah 16:5).

Diversity in the Pastoral Relationship: An Evaluation of the Helping Styles Inventory

1995 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-374
Author(s):  
Thomas St. James O'Connor ◽  
Elizabeth Meakes ◽  
Marlene Bourdeau ◽  
Pamela McCarroll-Butler ◽  
Maria Papp
Keyword(s):  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Pastoral Relationship

Presents an ethnographic study of practitioners' experiences of the Helping Styles Inventory (HSI). Analyzes the data from twenty-one interviews, noting helpful and limiting aspects of the HSI. Discusses implications of the research for the HSI and for ministry in general.

scholarly journals Spiritual Development in Social Context: The Role of Christian Psychotherapy in the Formation of Identity

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 126
Author(s):  
Naum Ilievski ◽  
Angelina Ilievska
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Spiritual Development ◽  
Ego Identity ◽  
Practical Aspect ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Spiritual Identity ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
Spiritual Self ◽  
Pastoral Relationship

Spiritual growth and development enable complete self-actualization. In the three stages of spiritual development – described in Christian psychotherapy and based on a practical spiritual life established in Christian patrology – man from an individual becomes a person. He builds his identity during this process. The main goal of this paper is to represent the practical aspect of spiritual Christian life and its impact in a social context. In addition, it offers a representation of the spiritual development process – a model in Christian psychotherapy, as well as a description of each stage at which spiritual identity is formed. It is a descriptive paper where the basic methods of this process are elaborated: establishing a personal relationship with a spiritual father – psychotherapist, implementing the FCP and metanoia. Analysis of identity is made by utilizing two dimensions: personal and social one. The concept of personality is profoundly connected with the ego, identity, self and identification. Identification outside of the Divine Person with partial forms of existence leads to individual and social splitting, and polarization of particles. Building a spiritual identity enables formation of personality that exists out of their spiritual self and builds a pastoral relationship in all life areas: personal, family and social. A spiritually realized person – out of the borders of individual script – is socially useful, creative and functional in the wider social context.

Comfort, O Comfort, Corinth: Grief and Comfort in 2 Corinthians 7:5–13a

2011 ◽  
Vol 104 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-445
Author(s):  
Jonathan Kaplan
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Breaking Point ◽  
2 Corinthians ◽  
Greco Roman ◽  
Complex Picture ◽  
Pastoral Relationship

Paul's correspondence with the Corinthian congregation chronicles the story of an absent leader trying to encourage an often wayward congregation to hold fast to his message of God's reconciling action in Jesus. As the conclusion to 2 Cor 2:14–7:4,1a unit in which Paul explores the nature of his apostolic relationship with the Corinthian congregation, 2 Cor 7:5–13a portrays Paul's pastoral relationship with the Corinthians as near its breaking point.2In this passage, Paul looks back to a time (before his current tentative reconciliation with the Corinthians) when Paul's trusted associate Titus had brought him comforting news of the Corinthians’ repentance and renewed faithfulness to the Pauline apostolate.3Previous studies of Paul's practice of pastoral care in 2 Corinthians have focused on comparing his approach with those advocated in Greco-Roman philosophy. Other studies of 2 Corinthians have attempted to uncover the background of Paul's theology of reconciliation in Isaiah and other texts from Israel's scriptures and have emphasized his appropriation here of the Isaianic motif of comfort from the so-called “Book of Consolation” (Isaiah 40–55). Through an examination of Paul's language of grief (λυπέω/λύπη) and comfort (παρακαλέω/παράκλησιϛ) in 2 Cor 7:5–13a, however, a more complex picture of the roots of Paul's approach to the care of the Corinthian congregation emerges. As I will show, Paul's language of grief and comfort in 2 Cor 7:5–13a differs from broader Greco-Roman understandings of these concepts, such as those we find in the writings of Epictetus. In this pericope Paul draws on his interpretation of the cycle of grief and comfort in not just Second Isaiah but also Lamentations 1–2 in order to call the Corinthians back to faithfulness to the gospel and to give voice to their own experience of loss and consolation.

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