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Autore |
McGarrah Sharp Melinda A. |
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Titolo |
Creating resistances: pastoral care in a postcolonial world / / by Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp |
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Leiden Boston : , : BRILL, , 2020 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (234 pages) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Pastoral care |
Postcolonial theology |
Postmodernism - Religious aspects - Christianity |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Copyright Page / Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp -- Dedication / Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp -- Epigraph / Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp -- Acknowledgements / Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp -- Resistance Is Many Things / Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp -- Unlocking Disbeliefs / Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp -- Remembering Pasts / Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp -- Re-storying Impassable Futures / Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp -- Amplifying Phoenix Poets / Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp -- Crossing Borders with Healthy Boundaries / Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp -- Widening the Scope / Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp -- Epilogue / Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp -- Back Matter -- Bibliography / Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp -- Index of Terms and Names / Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp -- Index of Practices / Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp -- Index of Biblical Citations / Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Multiple forms of oppression, injustice, and violence today have roots in histories of colonialism. This connection to the past feels familiar for some and less relevant for others. Understanding and responding to these connections is more crucial than ever, yet some resist rather than face this task directly. Others resist oppressive postcolonial conditions. Using intercultural stories and pastoral care scholarship, this book charts pathways through five resistances (not me, not here, not now, |
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not relevant, not possible) to awaken creative pastoral care in a postcolonial world. McGarrah Sharp recommends practices that everyone can do: believing in each other, revisiting how histories are taught, imagining more passable futures, heeding prophetic poets, and crossing borders with healthy boundaries. |
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