Raising Amos: Diagnosing Social-Political Pathologies as A Spiritual Practice
In this article, political pastoral analyses or diagnoses are deemed to be a spiritual practice. To move this argument forward, I begin with a brief discussion of what I mean by spiritual practice and its corporate underpinnings. Before addressing how political pastoral diagnosis is a spiritual prac...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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Pastoral psychology
Year: 2022, Volume: 71, Issue: 5, Pages: 623-638 |
| Further subjects: | B
Social-political pathologies
B Diagnosis B Amos B Spiritual Practice |
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| Summary: | In this article, political pastoral analyses or diagnoses are deemed to be a spiritual practice. To move this argument forward, I begin with a brief discussion of what I mean by spiritual practice and its corporate underpinnings. Before addressing how political pastoral diagnosis is a spiritual practice, I explain what I mean by political pastoral diagnosis, offering several illustrations from Scripture and contemporary society. I then move to argue that political pastoral diagnosis is a spiritual practice that comprises (1) a critical assessment of the social-political situation, relying on multiple interpretive frameworks, (2) compassionate lamentation, (3) a challenge based on the vision of the common good, and (4) a demand to restore liberative care and justice—a demand that includes proposed pastoral interventions. Included here is an explanation of why political pastoral diagnosis is a spiritual practice—a practice vital to the well-being of communities of faith and society. I conclude by briefly arguing that teaching students pastoral care involves more than providing theories and skills to care for people. It also involves offering spiritual practices associated with political pastoral diagnoses—spiritual practices of raising Amos. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6679 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11089-022-01022-2 |