Toward an Understanding of Ministry of Presence

Notes the importance CPE students often place on the notion of a ministry of presence and the confused understandings they express of it in their reflections on their CPE experience. Offers a description of presence gleaned from the writings of Gabriel Marcel and Martin Buber, and explicates Martin...

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Main Author: Avery, William O. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 1986
In: The Journal of pastoral care
Year: 1986, Volume: 40, Issue: 4, Pages: 342-353
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Notes the importance CPE students often place on the notion of a ministry of presence and the confused understandings they express of it in their reflections on their CPE experience. Offers a description of presence gleaned from the writings of Gabriel Marcel and Martin Buber, and explicates Martin Luther's idea of the externality of the Word. Concludes by suggesting that ministry of presence might best be understood if it is viewed in a dialectical relationship with the externality of the Word.
Contains:Enthalten in: The Journal of pastoral care
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/002234098604000408