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Overview
The art of listening lies at the heart of pastoral ministry. Listeningestablishes a genuine relationship between persons and creates anenvironment for authentic dialogue. This book provides a comprehensivestudy of the art of listening for those currently practicingor studying for vocations in pastoral care and counseling.Neil Pembroke constructs a practical theology of what it meansto be a supportive, healing, growth-promoting caregiver. He buildshis theology on the work of Gabriel Marcel and Martin Buber, twophilosophers who posited meeting or dialogue as primary in interpretingthe nature of human existence in the world. Throughoutthe book Pembroke applies the approach of these two thinkers tothe practical task of pastoral care, showing that meaningful person-to-person dialogue is the result of availability, which involves receptionof the other, and confirmation, which encourages others togrow into their God-endowed potential.The first book to isolate and present in practical terms theessential components of effective pastoral care, this book is mustreading for everyone employed by the profession.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780802839671 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company |
| Publication date: | 08/01/1902 |
| Pages: | 218 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.78(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d) |
Table of Contents
| Introduction | 1 | |
| Part 1 | Presence in Pastoral Care and Counselling | 11 |
| Chapter 1 | Presence as Grace and as Availability: The Contribution of Gabriel Marcel | 13 |
| Engagement with Life: Participation | ||
| Presence as a Grace | ||
| Presence as Availability | ||
| Availability as Openness | ||
| Availability as Fidelity | ||
| Availability as Belonging | ||
| A Flaw in the Notion of Availability? | ||
| Chapter 2 | Presence as I-Thou Relation and as Confirmation: The Contribution of Martin Buber | 31 |
| The I-Thou Relation | ||
| I and Thou | ||
| Distance and Relation | ||
| Objections to I and Thou | ||
| Becoming Aware: The Start of Dialogue | ||
| Observing, Looking On, and Becoming Aware | ||
| Responsibility | ||
| Confirming the Other | ||
| Inclusion | ||
| Confirmation as a Step Beyond Acceptance | ||
| The Moral Context of Confirmation | ||
| Chapter 3 | Pastoral Availability: The Foundation of Care | 51 |
| Compassionate Availability as Foundational in Pastoral Care and Counselling | ||
| The Biblical Understanding of Compassion | ||
| Availability, Tenderness and Biblical Compassion | ||
| Belonging and Substitution as Foundational in Pastoral Care and Counselling | ||
| Israel's Experience of Belonging | ||
| Covenant and Substitution | ||
| Substitution: A Case Study | ||
| Covenant Versus Contract | ||
| Substitution, Contract and the Covenant of Care | ||
| Mutuality in the Covenant of Care | ||
| Jesus and Belonging to His Family | ||
| Before Skills and Techniques There is Availability | ||
| Conclusion | ||
| Chapter 4 | Pastoral Confirmation I: Integration in the Community of the Self | 79 |
| Counselling and the Language of the Heart | ||
| Hobson's Notion of a 'Feeling-Language' | ||
| The Language of Feeling in the Psalms of Lament | ||
| A Feeling-Language and the Polar Self | ||
| Confirmation and Reclaiming Split-Off Selves | ||
| Self-Deception and Disavowal of Selves | ||
| The Self as a Community | ||
| Confirmation as the Process of Reclaiming Isolated Selves | ||
| A Biblical Game of Confirmation: God and Jonah | ||
| Integration through a Dialogue in the Community of the Self | ||
| Egoistic Introspection or Growth in Holiness? | ||
| Conclusion | ||
| Chapter 5 | Pastoral Confirmation II: The Role of Conscience | 107 |
| The Ethical Dimension in Confirmation | ||
| Existential Guilt, Conscience and Reconciliation | ||
| Two Approaches to Establishing the Moral Context of Pastoral Care: Method and Conscience | ||
| Responsibility and Conscience | ||
| Stimulating Conscience in Pastoral Care | ||
| Challenging Others with the Demands of Respect | ||
| Challenging Others with Second-Order Responsibility | ||
| Reconciling the Demands of Conscience | ||
| Conclusion | ||
| Part 2 | Shame and Distorted Presence in Pastoral Care and Counselling | 139 |
| Chapter 6 | Shame | 142 |
| A Phenomenology of Shame | ||
| Exposure | ||
| Incongruence | ||
| Threat to Trust | ||
| Involvement of the Whole Self | ||
| Hiddenness | ||
| Shame and Guilt | ||
| Introducing the Shame Family | ||
| Situational Shame | ||
| Aesthetic Shame | ||
| Inherited Identity Shame | ||
| Inferiority Shame | ||
| Moral Shame | ||
| Chapter 7 | Shame and Failures in Availability in Counselling and in Care | 161 |
| In Betty's Case: The Shame Potential in Constancy | ||
| Counselling 'Technocracy' as a Form of Nonavailability | ||
| The Problem of Fidelity and the Shame of the Pastor | ||
| Conclusion | ||
| Chapter 8 | Shame and Disconfirmation in Counselling and in Care | 177 |
| Shame and 'Persecution' in Counselling | ||
| A Biographical and Psychological Sketch of Anais Nin | ||
| Intrusion: Shame and the 'Look' of the Counsellor | ||
| Derogation: The Shame of Being Set Apart | ||
| Reductionism: The Shame of Being Categorised | ||
| The Shame of the Pastor in Turning from the Struggle | ||
| Conclusion | ||
| Chapter 9 | Shame, Sin and Conversion to Genuine Presence | 197 |
| Shame, Sin and Conscience | ||
| The Discretionary Function of Shame in Counselling | ||
| Disgrace-Shame and 'Conversion' to Genuine Presence | ||
| Conclusion | ||
| Summary | 215 |