The Living Human Web: A Twenty-five Year Retrospective
This article traces developments in the 25-year history of a metaphor that has shaped the late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century discipline of pastoral theology in the United States. It looks back at the living human document' as a pivotal image and then identifies three trends behind...
| Published in: | Pastoral psychology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science Business Media B. V.
[2018]
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Pastoral psychology
Year: 2018, Volume: 67, Issue: 3, Pages: 305-321 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBE Anthropology RG Pastoral care |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Injustice B Anton Boisen B Living human web B Living human document B political / Politics B psychological / Psychology B Pastoral Theology B Discipline |
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| Summary: | This article traces developments in the 25-year history of a metaphor that has shaped the late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century discipline of pastoral theology in the United States. It looks back at the living human document' as a pivotal image and then identifies three trends behind the appearance of the living human web,' its key attributes, four divergent ways the metaphor has been used, and tasks ahead. The article argues that while the living human document addressed the challenge of irrelevant theology, the living human web responded to the challenge of social injustice. But both metaphors share a common aim endemic to the disciplineto expand empathy, whether for the individual or the wider context, in order to respond to people in need. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6679 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11089-018-0811-7 |