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A hybrid approach to spiritual care: The impact of social media in pastoral care spaces [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology
Spiritual care refers to the care provided by religious leaders (chaplains, pastors or ministers), social workers and other counsellors. It reinforces one’s understanding of one’s beliefs in a moment of a crisis.
Rabson Hove
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A Critical Approach to Social Function in the Preface to the Pastoral Care

Odisea, 2017
: This paper presents a functional analysis of King Alfred’s Preface to the Pastoral Care premised on the examination of the linguistic realization of the different individuals involved in the text as both a centre of structure and action. The strategic
Dolores Fernández Martínez
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Valuable social capital: arguments supporting the need for the pastoral care profession

Taikomieji Moksliniai Tyrimai
The article investigates pastoral care as a catalyst in shaping professional practice, elucidating its various realms and operational facets pertinent to the demand for spiritual guidance.
Dalia Rudytė
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The Evolution of Pastoral Care Ministry through the Ages [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology, 2021
People are commanded by Jesus to love one another as he loved us (John 13:34). We are called to be conduits of God’s grace to others in our community. Christ’s love for us should motivate us to love others in response.
Xolisa Jibiliza
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From "Familiaris Consortio" to "Amoris Laetitia": Pope Francis’ Renewed Vision of the Pastoral Care of Families

Verbum Vitae, 2022
The anthropological, cultural, social and religious changes taking place over the last decades have strongly influenced the shape of marriage and family life.
Mieczysław Kazimierz Polak
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Learning to love

Ecclesial Futures, 2023
This article speaks to the relationship between social action and mission. It argues that mission at church-based, intercultural initiatives is better understood and enabled when principles and practices of pastoral care are applied.
Sue Holdsworth
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Lelkigondozás és pasztorálpszichológia – átfedések és különbségek

Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Theologia Reformata Transylvanica, 2023
Pastoral Care and Pastoral Psychology – Overlaps and Differences Pastoral psychology suffers from a chronic identity crisis. It wants to be a theological science while at the same time meeting the criteria for the scientific practice of psychology. Is
Dávid NÉMETH
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Pastoral Care as the Church’s Response to the Phenomenon of Secularization

Diacovensia, 2020
The ongoing process of the secularization of European societies has been present for a few decades now. It is a great challenge for the Church who is trying to resist it in a variety of ways.
Dariusz Lipiec
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The Social Sciences, Pastoral Theology, and Pastoral Work: Understanding the Underutilization of Sociology in Catholic Pastoral Ministry

Open Theology, 2020
Applying sociological imagination and theological perspectives and using some secondary literature that focus on the American pastoral experience, this article explains why sociology and the social sciences are underutilized in the pastoral ministry of ...
Ballano Vivencio O.
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Pastoral care as a resource for development in the global healthcare context: Implications for Africa’s healthcare delivery system

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016
Development is concerned with the transformation of people to foster their health, wholeness and growth. The link between health and development points to religion as potential social capital for development.
Emem Agbiji, Obaji Agbiji
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