RT Article
T1 Guardians of Childhood, Sentinels of Soul
JF Pastoral psychology
VO 71
IS 6
SP 705
OP 718
A1 Dykstra, Robert C. 1956-
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1822883709
AB This article builds on an address delivered in New York City in March of 2020 to the National Conference of the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy, a professional society of clinical pastoral educators. Interweaving narrative reflections of noted authors, poets, filmmakers, and other artists with pastoral theological literature and recent genetic and social scientific research, the essay explores parameters of the soul or psyche as comprising the unique center of the self. It invites readers to a recovery of soul by means of arduous acts of introspection—revisiting lost childhood wonder, hope, memories, and dreams—and an embrace of pluralism and individual difference.
K1 Bernice Johnson Reagon
K1 Childhood trauma
K1 Donald Capps
K1 Fred Rogers
K1 Importance of individuals
K1 Introspection
K1 Stephen King
K1 William Joyce
DO 10.1007/s11089-022-01008-0