What Makes Pastoral Counseling So Pastoral?: Distinguishing Between Pastoral Care and Clinical Practice in Modern Life
The theory and practice of pastoral counseling has come to be, over the last century, progressively more and generally related to that of psychotherapeutic intervention. The functional aim of pastoral counseling now appears to be little more than a merely spiritualized form of psychological practice...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Journal of psychology and christianity
Year: 2021, Volume: 40, Issue: 4, Pages: 344-356 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Church work
/ Psychotherapy
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| RelBib Classification: | RG Pastoral care ZD Psychology |
| Summary: | The theory and practice of pastoral counseling has come to be, over the last century, progressively more and generally related to that of psychotherapeutic intervention. The functional aim of pastoral counseling now appears to be little more than a merely spiritualized form of psychological practice. While this is amply observable in the literature, modern psychological theories and evidence-based protocols help to comprise an only comparatively new body of knowledge. What, then, was the art of pastoral care prior to the emergence of modern psychological theories? This article seeks to explore pastoral care as it has been conceptualized and practiced across the long centuries of Christian history and offer a meaningful point of distinction between pastoral care and clinical practice in modern life. |
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| ISSN: | 0733-4273 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and christianity
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