PART  IV    Issues connected with Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling

 

Title
Author
Topics


A) UNDERSTANDING AND OVERCOMING VIOLENCE

Death and the Maiden
The complexity of trauma and ways of healing - a challenge for pastoral care and counselling
 Ursula Pfäfflin / Archie Smith Jr. Germany/USA, 1996 - violence against women
- systemic understanding of care and counselling
- methodology
- the personal and the political in pastoral care

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 1, 1996; pp 13-17
The Tradition of Racism
in the USA
 Urias H. Beverly USA, 1997
- slavery and racism
- migration
- integration

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 2, 1997; pp 58-61

The Contagious Effect of Violence,
the "Making Sacred" of the Victim,
and the Enlightening power of the Gospel

Aspects of the theory of René Girard

 Hans-Martin Gutmann - the theory of Rene Girard
- desire and violence
- violence through "mimesis"
- scapegoating

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 4, 1998; pp 13-19
Sacred Violence and Family Violence

James N. Poling USA, 1998
- mimetic desire
- power and love
- redemption and healing
- violence of men and women
- race and violence
- Jesus and violence

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 4, 1998; pp 33-41

Violence and Victims of Violence

Experiences from Papua New Guinea

George Euling Papua New Guinea, 1998
- theological aspects of violence

Source: Magazine Nr. 4; pp. 44 - 46; 1998

Aspects of the Christian Approach to Violence in Society

A systematic theological approach

 Hartmut Ruddies Germany, 1998 - Biblical aspects of violence
- the sinful character of humans
- Reconciliation
- justice and peace

Source: Magazine Nr. 4; pp. 61 - 65; 1998

related to A)

Raymund Schwager Austria, 1998 p. 56
The role of sacrifice in a violent world.
Insights into the concepts of sacrifice in the religions
and in christology according to René Girard

Frances Ward Great Britain, 2001 p. 86
Beneath contempt.
Dignity, contempt, and expulsion

Nalini Arles India, 1998 p. 163
Woman - the scapegoat.
Experiences from India

Ursula Pfäfflin Germany, 1998 p. 172
A walk in a rosebush.
Violence and sacrifice in
feminist intercultural perspective of pastoral care and counselling

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

 

B) LIVING IN URBAN CONTEXTS

City -
Living Space and Form of Life

Wolfgang Grünberg Germany, 2000
- worldwide urbanisation
- a structuralist (hermeneutical) "reading" of city structures
- the role of the church in the city

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 6, 2000; pp 3-8

Reading from the Urban Text

Challenges and possibilities of diversity for pastoral care

 Michael A. Mata USA, 2000
- the global city
- religions in cities
- the mission of the church

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 6, 2000; pp 9-15
Nurturing and Building CommunityThe challenge of pastoral care in urban South Africa Stephan de Beer South Africa, 2000 - theological method for an analysis of urban processes
- responses of the church
- pastoral practise

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 6, 2000; pp 16-22

related to B)

Charles K. Konadu Ghana, 1996 p. 220
Pastoral care and counselling in Africa.
The case of Ghana

Daisy N. Nwachuku Nigeria, 2000 p. 228
Creating communities through pastoral care and counselling
in the fragmentations of urban African life

Nalini Arles India, 2000 p. 251
Living in differences and tensions of the self
Remarks on overt and covert tensions in urban societies in India

Rafalwen Saragih / Tetty Hutapea / Helmut Weiß Indonesia, 1998 p. 496
Merdeka.
A case study from Indonesia on traditional family counselling and organised attempts to help street children

 

C) ECONOMY AND GLOBALISATION

Globalisation, Social
Exclusion and the Politics of New Labour in Britain.
How can this mean good news for the poor?
Elaine Graham Great Britain, 2000
- critical assessment of New Labour politics in Britain
- "social exclusion" as a new analytical tool of social politics
- work and welfare
- the concept of communitarism
- social inclusion and citizenship
- liberating theology
- the role of the church

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 6, 2000; pp 29-38
Evil in the
Free Market Mentality
Jung Mo Sung Brazil, 2001
- theological critique of "Free Market"-mentality
- concepts of justice and solidarity

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 7, 2001; pp 12-16
Risk and Reward
The changing economy and the social fabric
Malcolm Brown Great Britain, 2001
- economy and social fabric
- flexibility and insecurity
- corrosion of character
- scarcity and abundance

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 8, 2001; pp 40-46
Chances and Dangers
of the Globalisation

Manfred Linz Germany, 2003
- ambivalent chracter of globalisation
description of 'both sides'
- sustainability
- ecology
- te spirit of never giving up

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 11, 2003
Money and Humanity - How do they relate?
Free competition as the basis for a humane economy in the age of globalisation
Thomas Koester Germany, 2003
- guiding ideas of "Social Market Economy" in Germany
- socially embeded competion in regard with performance
- questions of values

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 11, 2003
Ecological Problems in Rural Indian Communities
Solomon Victus India, 2003
- the TINA-Syndrom: 'there is no alternative'
- ecological question and power of money
- initiatives

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 11, 2003
Ecology, Economy and Theology in Brazil
Highlighted by a case-study		 James R. Farris Brazil, 2003 - the negative bundle of political and economical power
- the small chances of ecology in such a context
- the apathy among common people, coined by such a context

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 11, 2003

related to C)

Ronaldo Sathler-Rosa Brazil, 2000 p. 144
Pastoral action in a context
of economic slavery and cultural apathy

George I. Euling Papua New Guinea, 1997 p. 191
The impact of westernisation and commerce on the family values in Papua New Guinea

D) DIGNITY AND HEALTH

"Much Madness is Divinest Sense"
Meaning and ministry in mental illness
Kathleen J. Greider ...., 2001
- mental illness and dignity
- mental illness and art
- enhancing human dignity through pastoral care
- biography

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 8, 2001; pp 13-21
Human Dignity for Youth and Women Reproductive health care practices in Nigeria
Wilhelmina J. Kalu Nigeria, 2001
- traditional culture and fertility
- motherhood
- mental health practices
- pastoral care challenges

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 8, 2001; pp 25-33

Contribution of Health
to Social Inclusion

Stuart Bell, UK, 2001

- collective and individual care
- mechanisms of exclusion
- chances and ways for inclusion

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 8, 2001; pp 37-39
Human Dignity: A South African Story Julian Müller South Africa, 2001 - methodology of pastoral care
- "re-authoring" the own story

source: Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling No 8, 2001; pp 47-52

related to D)

Komatra Chuengsatiansup Thailand, 1996, p. 48
Buddhism, illness, and healing
A comparative review of textual and popular Buddhism

Frances Ward Great Britain, 2001 p. 86
Beneath contempt.
Dignity, contempt, and expulsion

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

Lothar Carlos Hoch Brazil, 2001 p. 152
Healing as a task of pastoral care among the poor

Sung-Soo Lee / In-Sook You Korea, 1996 p. 247
Pastoral care, healing and preaching of the Gospel Report from a Korean parish