PART  II  Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling from Various Perspectives

 
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Additional Topics / Remarks/Source

A) THE MEANING OF INTERCULTURAL PASTORAL CARE AND COUNSELLING
Introduction
[i.e. Introduction to the first volume of the magazine "Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling"]
Ulrike Atkins/Karl H. Federschmidt
Germany

- a definition of "Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling
- methodological perspectives
- the intercultural way of communication

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 1, 1996; pp. 1-4

Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling
Reflections on the background of the Intercultural Seminars in 1995 and 1996
Karl H. Federschmidt
Germany
- experiences with "intercultural pastoral care and counselling"
- methodological questions
- the hermeneutics of intercultural pastoral care
- cultural concepts of person
- the individual and society
- issue of religion in intercultural care

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 2, 1997; pp. 8-12

related to A)

 see Daniel Louw's article Dignity and Pneuma here at the end of Chapter B)
see all articles in Chapter C here
B) THEOLOGICAL AND RELIGIOUS REFLECTIONS
Buddhism, Illness, and Healing
A comparative review of textual and popular Buddhism

Komatra Chuengsatiansup
Thailand,

 - cultural concept of illness and healing
- miracle and healing
- popular religiosity
- Buddhism

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 1, 1996; pp. 31-34
Deity/God and Sacrifice
Religious history and the theory of René Girard
Raymund Schwager
Austria,
- rites of sacrifice
- religion and violence
- Christianity and sacrifice/violence
- the theory of René Girard

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 4, 1998; pp. 7-12
Faith and Community
Reflections on fragmentation, suffering, and Gospel
James R. Farris
Brazil,
 - creating community through pastoral care
- church as divided community
- theology of liberation
- political theology
- the human experience of suffering

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 6, 2000; pp. 46-52
New Religious Movements and Traditional Protestantism in Brazil

Leonildo Silveira Campos
Brazil,

- popular religiosity in Brazil
- influence of Pentecostalism and "new religious movements"
- syncretism and "deregulation" of the Brazilian religious field
- pastoral challenges for the Protestant Churches

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 7, 2001; pp. 17-21
Beneath Contempt: Dignity, contempt, and expulsion
Frances Ward
England,
- human dignity and contempt
- self-hatred and self-denigration
- the task of integrating the abjected/contempted within oneself
- Reflections on Gen. 3 and 4

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 8, 2001; pp. 7-11
Dignity and Pneuma
Social-cultural analysis in pastoral care and counselling
Daniel J. Louw
South Africa,
- theological anthropology
- hermeneutics of pastoral care and counselling
- from individualistic to a systemic understanding of pastoral care
- methods of cultural analysis
- a model for practising intercultural counselling
- African spirituality

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 8, 2001; pp. 53-64

related to B)

Jacek Leociak Poland, 1997                                                            page 136
Tradition as a dialogue between generations in the perspective of the Holocaust experiences

Hans-Martin Gutmann Germany, 1998                                         page 302
The contagious effect of violence, the "making sacred" of the victim, and the enlightening power of the Gospel. Aspects of the theory of Rene Girard

Hartmut Ruddies Germany, 1998                                                   page 334
Aspects of the Christian approach to violence in society

C) METHODOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS
Counselling in the Indian context
Problems encountered in application of Western (especially non-directive) models of counselling
Nalini Arles
India,
- cultural limitations of "non-directive" counselling
- person and self in Hindu religious setting
- the individual within the joint family
- relationship between counsellee and counsellor

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling Nr. 1, 1996; pp. 26 - 27
"Burden-Bearing" as a Metaphor for Counselling
Experiences from the Philippines
Edwin T. Decenteceo
Philippines,
- counselling poor people
- listening in counselling
- the relationship between counsellee and counsellor

source:Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 1, 1996; pp. 30-31
Intercultural Exchange
A discovery of being different
Julian Müller
South Africa,
- concepts of culture in social sciences and in family therapy
- narrative and constructionist approach to intercultural pastoral care and therapy
- the attitude of "not knowing" as a prerequisite in intercultural encounter

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 2, 1997; pp. 4-8
The 'Unknown'
in Intercultural Communication
John Foskett
England

- the unconsciousness in groups
- revealing the 'unknown' in group behaviour

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 2, 1997; pp. 13-15
Tradition as a Dialogue between Generations
in the perspective of the Holocaust experiences
Jacek Leociak
Poland
 - Remembrance in the shadow of the Holocaust-experience
- the word as a symbol for life
- writing as testifying, prophetic formula and liturgy of memory
- the interconnection of writing, memory, and salvation

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 2, 1997; pp. 36-39
Pastoral Action
in a Context of Economic Slavery and Cultural Apathy
Ronaldo Sathler-Rosa
Brazil
 - pastoral theology and human sciences
- public dimension of pastoral care

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 6, 2000; pp. 23-28
Healing as a Task of
Pastoral Care among the Poor
Lothar Carlos Hoch
Brazil
 - solidariy
- rituals in pastoral care
- healing and community
- questioning "pathogenic structures"

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 7, 2001; pp. 32-38
Two Pieces of Work
as a summary from United Evangelical Mission
Jutta Beldermann
Germany
 - issues of the ecumenical movement and of pastoral care
- relation of pastoral care and pastoral action

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 11, 2004; pp. 32-38

related to C)

Karl H. Federschmidt Germany, 1997                                           page 37
Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling

Daniel J. Louw South Africa, 2001                                                  page 94
Dignity and Pneuma. Social-cultural analysis in pastoral care and counselling

Julian Müller South Africa, 2001                                                     page 468
Human Dignity: A South African story

D) FEMINIST ASPECTS
Woman - the Scapegoat
Experiences from India

Nalini Arles
India

 

 

 - violence and sacrifice
- violence against women
- theories about violence
- psycho-social problems of women
- movements in India to overcome violence against women

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 4, 1998; pp. 50-55
A Walk in a Rosebush
Violence and sacrifice in feminist intercultural perspective of pastoral care and counselling

Ursula Pfaefflin
Germany

 

 - patriarchal structures in family and society
- theological aspects of mutuality
- mutuality as an alternative way to stop sacrifice
- the theory of Rene Girard

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 4, 1998; pp. 55-60
A chair for women's support
Margarida Fátima Souza Ribeiro
Brazil
 study and work of women at a Methodist School of Theology

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 7, 2001; pp. 43-4

related to D)

Rose Zoé-Obianga Cameroon, 1998                                              page 210
Violence in the family. The polygamous family in Cameroon

Ursula Pfäfflin / Archie Smith Jr. Germany/USA, 1996              page 285
Death and the maiden. The complexity of trauma and ways of healing - a challenge for pastoral care and counselling

Nalini Arles India, 1996                                                                    page 489
A woman with five children is ill treated by her husband A case study from India

E) PASTORAL CARE AND COUNSELLING TO FAMILIES IN VARIOUS CULTURES
Family Life in Indonesia between tradition and change
Daniel Susanto
Indonesia

 - marriage-
relationship between parents and children
- Indonesia

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 2, 1997; pp. 40-42
The Impact of Westernisation and Commerce on the family values in Papua New Guinea
George I. Euling
Papua New Guinea
 - loss of identity
- marriage and family
- divorce

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 2, 1997; pp. 42-46
The Effect of Social Change
on the matrilineal system of the Ashantis of Ghana
Charles K. Konadu
Ghana
 - traditional patrilineal and matrilineal family systems
- concept of marriage
- polygamy
- counselling programs in Ghana

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No. 2, 1997; pp. 46 - 51
Violence in the Family
The polygamous family in Cameroon
Rose Zoé-Obianga
Cameroon
 - violence in families
- structure of family
- poligamy

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 4, 1998; pp. 42-44
Understanding the Brazilian Family Dagmar Pinto de Castro
Brazil		 - poverty
- family income

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 7, 2001; pp. 10-11

related to E)

James N. Poling USA, 1998                                                              page 314
Sacred violence and family violence

Charles K. Konadu Ghana, 1996                                                     page 477
A 35 years old wife in conflict with her husband and her family
The case of Mrs. Afua Nimo, Ghana

John Snehadass / Ulrich Fritsche Fiji / Germany, 1997            page 491
Conflict and reconciliation in the context of two different cultures
A case study from the Fiji: The ritual of reconciliation between a married couple