Matrices of Goals and Penalties: Revisiting the Need for Pastoral Care with Boys and Men

This article revisits the need for pastoral care with boys and men in contemporary societies. The author gives special attention to Rubem Alves’s (1977) critique of pastoral care and his call to embrace a political understanding of care. Drawing on Latin American liberation theology and theories of...

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Main Author: Arjona, Rubén (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science Business Media B. V. 2023
In: Pastoral psychology
Year: 2023, Volume: 72, Issue: 6, Pages: 753-764
Further subjects:B Pastoral Care
B Rubem Alves
B Men
B Intersectionality
B Oppression
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Summary:This article revisits the need for pastoral care with boys and men in contemporary societies. The author gives special attention to Rubem Alves’s (1977) critique of pastoral care and his call to embrace a political understanding of care. Drawing on Latin American liberation theology and theories of intersectionality, the author encourages ministers and pastoral theologians to carefully consider the matrices of privilege and oppression in men’s lives.
ISSN:1573-6679
Contains:Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11089-023-01092-w