{"product_id":"pastoral-theology-and-care-isbn-9781119292562","title":"Pastoral Theology and Care","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeading pastoral theologians explore a wide variety of themes related to pastoral practice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePastoral Theology and Care: Critical Trajectories in Theory and Practice\u003c\/i\u003e offers a collection of essays by leading pastoral theologians that represent emerging trajectories in the fields of pastoral theology and care. The topics explored include: qualitative research and ethnography, advances in neuroscience, care across pluralities and intersections in religion and spiritualties, the influence of neoliberal economics in socio-economic vulnerabilities, postcolonial theory and its implications, the intersections of race and religion in caring for black women, and the usefulness of intersectionality for pastoral practice. Each of the essays offers a richly illustrated review of a practice of pastoral care relationally and in the public domain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe contributions to this volume engage seven critical directions emerging in the literature of pastoral theology in the United States and internationally among pastoral and practical theologians. While coverage of these topics does not exhaust important points of activity in the field, it does represent especially promising resources for theory and practice. This important work:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers unique coverage of new directions in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes contributions from an exceptional group of experts who are noted leaders in their areas of study\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces the newest perspectives on pastoral care and offers constructive proposals\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eFilled with case illustrations that make chapters pedagogically useful, \u003ci\u003ePastoral Theology and Care\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for faculty, seminarians and students in advanced degree programs, and pastors.  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNancy J. Ramsay ix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Practice Matters: New Directions in Ethnography and Qualitative Research 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Clark Moschella\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 How the Brain Matters 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid A. Hogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Class Power and Human Suffering: Resisting the Idolatry of the Market in Pastoral Theology and Care 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBruce Rogers‐Vaughn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Postcolonializing Pastoral Theology: Enhancing the Intercultural Paradigm 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmmanuel Y. Amugi Lartey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Caring from a Distance: Intersectional Pastoral Theology amid Plurality Regarding Spirituality and Religion 99\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKathleen J. Greider\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Womanist Pastoral Theology and Black Women’s Experience of Gender, Religion, and Sexuality 125\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhillis Isabella Sheppard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Analyzing and Engaging Asymmetries of Power: Intersectionality as a Resource for Practices of Care 149\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNancy J. Ramsay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 175\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eNancy J. Ramsay\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Pastoral Theology and Pastoral Care, Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth Texas. Previously, she served on the faculty of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary as the Harrison Ray Anderson Professor of Pastoral Theology.      \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLeading pastoral theologians explore a wide variety of themes related to pastoral practice.\u003c\/strong\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003ePastoral Theology and Care: Critical Trajectories in Theory and Practice\u003c\/em\u003e offers a collection of essays by leading pastoral theologians that represent emerging trajectories in the fields of pastoral theology and care. The topics explored include: qualitative research and ethnography, advances in neuroscience, care across pluralities and intersections in religion and spiritualties, the influence of neoliberal economics in socio-economic vulnerabilities, postcolonial theory and its implications, the intersections of race and religion in caring for black women, and the usefulness of intersectionality for pastoral practice. 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