Empathy: A Bridge between

Suggests that the capacity for a broad, rich, and encompassing empathy is an essential ingredient of an authentic intercultural experience and understanding for an effective ministry in a world church. Notes that empathy is a process as well as a disposition. Proposes that shared stories greatly enh...

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Published in:The Journal of pastoral care
Main Author: McCarthy, Marie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1992
In: The Journal of pastoral care
Year: 1992, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 119-128
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Suggests that the capacity for a broad, rich, and encompassing empathy is an essential ingredient of an authentic intercultural experience and understanding for an effective ministry in a world church. Notes that empathy is a process as well as a disposition. Proposes that shared stories greatly enhance the possibility of empathy as do the realities of physical and psychic presence. Suggests that the theological notion of the Incarnation is a powerful metaphor for both the possibilities and the limits of empathy.
Contains:Enthalten in: The Journal of pastoral care
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/002234099204600204