Seelsorge: Begleitung, Begegnung, Lebensdeutung im Horizont des christlichen Glaubens - Ein Lehrbuch

The textbook provides an overview of the field of pastoral care, its justifications, concepts, goals, methods, and fields of work. It emphasizes a multidimensional concept that combines different approaches and perspectives, guided by a pastoral-psychological perspective and rooted in communication-theoretical and psychotherapeutic approaches. It explores hermeneutic-theological reflections on important life themes and addresses life conflicts such as fear, belief, guilt, forgiveness, shame, acceptance, success, failure, and dying. The textbook is practical and designed to provide a quick overview, with many examples.

Format: Hardback
Length: 502 pages
Publication date: 06 August 2022
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG

The textbook provides an extensive exploration of the field of pastoral care, encompassing its diverse justifications, concepts, goals, methods, and areas of work. Recognizing the wide range of situations encompassed by the term "pastoral care," it adopts a multidimensional perspective. Different approaches, such as everyday pastoral care, kerygmatic, therapeutic, ritual, political, and ethical concepts, complement each other rather than contradicting one another, and together sufficiently define pastoral care in a synopsis of these various viewpoints. A guiding principle of this approach is a pastoral-psychological perspective that engages in dialogue with related human sciences. Accompaniment and encounter are developed from communication-theoretical and psychotherapeutic perspectives. When focusing on the interpretation of life, hermeneutic-theological reflections on significant life themes take center stage, fulfilling the demand to understand and develop pastoral care more strongly as religious communication.

Drawing from central theological concepts of justification and freedom, the textbook explores possibilities for a Christian interpretation of life. It addresses life conflicts such as fear, belief, guilt, forgiveness, shame, acceptance, success, failure, and even dying, grief, dealing with illness and health, and more. Throughout, the textbook is practical, offering numerous examples to illustrate its points. Additionally, its didactic design facilitates a quick overview of the material. By embracing a multidimensional and interdisciplinary approach, the textbook offers a comprehensive and insightful exploration of the field of pastoral care, contributing to its understanding and development within religious communication.

Dimension: 227 x 150 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783525504970