Language, Metaphor, and Pastoral Theology
“Metaphor is a particular form of language-play in which the familiar, commonplace, and down-to-earth is used to speak in a striking, often shocking—though incomplete and indirect—way, about the unfamiliar. … The processes involved in pastoral care and spiritual direction may be very different from...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
1987
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Theology today
Year: 1987, Volume: 43, Issue: 4, Pages: 487-502 |
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| Summary: | “Metaphor is a particular form of language-play in which the familiar, commonplace, and down-to-earth is used to speak in a striking, often shocking—though incomplete and indirect—way, about the unfamiliar. … The processes involved in pastoral care and spiritual direction may be very different from those of psychotherapeutic intervention, but the creative—even shocking—use of metaphor in effecting change is quite similar.” |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057368704300403 |