| Creating Resistances: Pastoral Care in a Postcolonial World Contributor(s): McGarrah Sharp, Melinda (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004412042 ISBN-13: 9789004412040 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $59.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - Stewardship & Giving - Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - General - Religion | Christian Ministry - Pastoral Resources |
| Series: Theology in Practice |
| Physical Information: 236 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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, 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. |