The Materiality of Presence: Psycho-Theological Entanglement of Objects in Disaster Pastoral Care

Basic needs and material conditions undergird the responding practice of pastoral care in disaster situations. In the midst of trauma, disaster care unfolds in relation to material things, in all of their manifold reality-messy, fleshy and fluid. The urgency of such pastoral care in the public space...

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Publié dans:Journal of pastoral theology
Auteur principal: Johannessen-Henry, Christine Tind (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2016]
Dans: Journal of pastoral theology
RelBib Classification:NBP Sacrements
RG Aide spirituelle; pastorale
ZD Psychologie
Sujets non-standardisés:B Ethnography
B Pastoral care practice
B disaster response
B Public Theology
B Empirical Study
B Trauma
B material objects
B Sacrament
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Résumé:Basic needs and material conditions undergird the responding practice of pastoral care in disaster situations. In the midst of trauma, disaster care unfolds in relation to material things, in all of their manifold reality-messy, fleshy and fluid. The urgency of such pastoral care in the public space of disasters may seem far from ecclesial roots. This paper scrutinizes how the physical aspects of such pastoral care accentuate a spiritual presence in both psychologically and theologically grounded ways. Through communal acts between victims and professionals, the traumatic scene is transformed, reflecting contours of the Sacrament. Based on an empirical study of Danish Lutheran ministers who participated in tsunami response work in 2004, and inspired by trauma theory, depth psychology and classical theology, this paper presents a theoretically grounded and spiritually open framework for embodied pastoral care. Finally, this article calls attention to the usefulness of such thinking in preparing for crisis management.
ISSN:2161-4504
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of pastoral theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/10649867.2017.1294042