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- Title
Self, Sin, and the Sacred: Some Elements of a Select Psychology for the Care of Souls.
- Authors
Nauta, Rein
- Abstract
Many pastors feel that their work in the secular sphere can best be described as an exploration of the meaning of life: as spiritual care. However, the idea that it is possible and easy to find such a thing as “the meaning of life,” as well as the concurrent idea that this meaning will help to make life more agreeable, should not be taken for granted but, rather, should be considered to be open for further exploration. To get a better understanding of the difference between spiritual care and the care of souls, I will discuss three central themes in any pastoral practice: sin, sense, and sorrow, together with three related constructs: soul, self, and the sacred. My exposition will result in a plea for revaluing two traditional but ever relevant modes of religious leadership: the modes of shepherd and teacher, of tutor and theologian, which are performed either in the context of the church or the secular institutional environment.
- Subjects
SOUL &; Christianity; RELIGIOUS life of clergy; PASTORAL care; RELIGIOUS leadership; PASTORAL theology
- Publication
Pastoral Psychology, 2008, Vol 56, Issue 6, p585
- ISSN
0031-2789
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11089-008-0147-9