Images of Pastoral Care: Classic Readings

by Dykstra, Robert C.

• ISBN13: 9780827216242
• ISBN10: 0827216246
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-30
• Publisher: Chalice Pr

Summary

This book is an edited volume of works that have predominated over the past several decades in contemporary pastoral theology. Through the writings of nineteen leading voices in the history of pastoral care, Dykstra shows how each contributor developed a metaphor for understanding pastoral care. Such metaphors include the solicitous shepherd, the wounded healer, the intimate stranger, the midwife, and other tangible images. Through these works, the reader gains a sense of the varied identities of pastoral care professionals, their struggles for recognition in this often controversial field, and insight into the history of the disciple. Includes readings by: Anton T. Boisen, Alastair V. Campbell, Donald Capps, James E. Dittes, Robert C. Dykstra, Heije Faber, Charles V. Gerkin, Brita L. Gill-Austern, Karen R. Hanson, Seward Hiltner, Margaret Zipse Kornfeld, Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, Jeanne Stevenson Moessner, Henri J. M. Nouwen, Gaylord Noyce, Paul W. Pruyser, Edward P. Wimberly.

Table of Contents

Permissions	vii
Acknowledgments	viii
Introduction	1	(14)
PART ONE Classical Images of Care	15	(54)
The Living Human Document	22	(8)
Anton T. Boisen
Reclaiming the Living Human Document	30	(10)
Charles V. Gerkin
The Living Human Web	40	(7)
Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
The Solicitous Shepherd	47	(7)
Seward Hiltner
The Courageous Shepherd	54	(8)
Alastair V. Campbell
The Self-Differentiated Samaritan	62	(7)
Jeanne Stevenson Moessner
PART TWO Paradoxical Images of Care	69	(82)
The Wounded Healer	76	(9)
Henri J. M. Nouwen
The Circus Clown	85	(9)
Heije Faber
The Wise Fool	94	(14)
Alastair V. Campbell
The Wise Fool Reframed	108	(15)
Donald Capps
The Intimate Stranger	123	(14)
Robert C. Dykstra
The Ascetic Witness	137	(14)
James E. Dittes
PART THREE Contemporary and Contextual Images of Care	151	(77)
The Diagnostician	161	(10)
Paul W. Pruyser
The Moral Coach and Counselor	171	(9)
Gaylord Noyce
The Indigenous Storyteller	180	(8)
Edward P. Wimberly
The Agent of Hope	188	(12)
Donald Capps
The Midwife	200	(9)
Karen R. Hanson
The Gardener	209	(9)
Margaret Zipse Kornfeld
The Midwife, Storyteller, and Reticent Outlaw	218	(10)
Brita L. Gill-Austern
Notes	228	(13)
Bibliography	241