Poetic Listening in Pastoral Care: Listening to the Poems that People Are

Can listening as one listens to or reads poetry complement narrative approaches in pastoral care? The fragmented, open ended, metaphorical and episodic character of what people tell in pastoral encounters is often more like poetry than story. Applying instruments of poetic analysis to what people te...

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Authors: Walton, Martin 1953- (Author) ; Bregman, Cornelis 1959- (Author) ; Deenen, Els (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2022
In: International journal of practical theology
Year: 2022, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 19-38
Further subjects:B Pastoral Care
B Narrative
B poetic listening
B Identity
B theological reading
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Summary:Can listening as one listens to or reads poetry complement narrative approaches in pastoral care? The fragmented, open ended, metaphorical and episodic character of what people tell in pastoral encounters is often more like poetry than story. Applying instruments of poetic analysis to what people tell, opens new insights into those texts, whether originally written or oral. That experimental, heuristic practice in poetic reading finds a complement in reflections on characteristics of poetry and on narrative and poetic modes of practical theology. That results in a congeniality of theological and poetic reading in attention to metaphor, fragments, framing and reframing.
ISSN:1612-9768
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal of practical theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/ijpt-2019-0010