Theology and Philosophy of Care
This paper explores pastoral care as a common task of all Christians in the light of theology and philosophy of love in contemporary Finnish Lutheran theology. Pastoral care is about taking care of one's suffering neighbours, which theologically is about love. The so-called Finnish school of Lu...
| Published in: | Neue Zeitschrift für systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
[2019]
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| In: |
Neue Zeitschrift für systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Finland
/ Lutheran theology
/ Church work
/ Love
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia KDD Protestant Church NCA Ethics RG Pastoral care |
| Further subjects: | B
Theological Ethics
B Pastoral Care B Church work B Lutheran theology B Theologie der Liebe B Philosophie der Liebe B theology of love B Theological ethics B philosophy of love B Lutheran Theology |
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| Summary: | This paper explores pastoral care as a common task of all Christians in the light of theology and philosophy of love in contemporary Finnish Lutheran theology. Pastoral care is about taking care of one's suffering neighbours, which theologically is about love. The so-called Finnish school of Luther studies considered Luther as a theologian of love. Finnish theological ethics has concentrated on interpretation of Luther's theology. Luther's concept of love has been reinterpreted by Risto Saarinen with the idea of gift and recognition. Following Saarinen, and Jaana Hallamaa's ethical theory of agency, the paper illustrates how the Lutheran idea of love can be based on agency, gift giving and reciprocity and so be understood as praxis in terms of Christian life. To conclude, the question of what makes caring Christian in nature, or pastoral care in other words, is explored in the light of faith as trust. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-9520 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neue Zeitschrift für systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/nzsth-2019-0020 |