RT Article
T1 Transcending Fear and Anxiety: The Great Cleanup
JF Pastoral psychology
VO 67
IS 5
SP 475
OP 491
A1 Dreyer, Yolanda
LA English
PB Springer Science Business Media B. V.
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1584758538
AB This article demonstrates that a state of anxiety, which includes fear, can be harmful and destructive not only on the personal but also on the communal and societal levels. Democratic South Africa (post-1994), a highly religious country, is a case in point. Rather than experiencing and conveying to others the positive, life-affirming effect of faith, pervasive anxiety and fear have taken hold of the people, the effect of which is disruptive and destructive. The author argues that the challenge is to transcend fear and anxiety, participate in “the Great Divine Cleanup,” and touch the lives of others with a message of freedom and hope.
K1 Anxiety and fear
K1 Life-affirming faith
K1 Pastoral Care
K1 Violent Crime
DO 10.1007/s11089-018-0819-z