This book is radical in a couple of senses of the word, including the original one of “returning to the roots.” Purves, who is the Hugh Thomson Kerr Professor of Pastoral Theology at Pittsburgh ...

Doctrine and theological reflection are to be formed by its evangelizing purpose and by pastoral concerns, Pope Francis told the faculty and students of the John Paul II Institute on Thursday.

One of my favorite Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion professors constantly reminded his oft-bored students that the single most important attribute of a rabbi _ the one above all ...

A Theology of Pastoral Care is a notable attempt to set forth clearly the unique aim of pastoral care and to delineate sharply its distinction from counseling in general. Thurneysen reminds us that ...

This presentation looks anew at the ministry of pastoral care and its capacity for facilitating healing. Professor Kelley identifies three of these capacities: providing a sense of holding, examining ...

Four practitioners discuss how to minister well without resorting to heroics. Pastoral care sits at the center of our vocation as ministers. In addition to preaching and leading worship, celebrating ...

Pastoral imagination, writes Eileen Campbell-Reed, is the ability to lead with “situated possibility,” to improvise on a daily basis while envisioning what might lie beyond current realities. This ...

Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of a Conference “Go preach the Gospel and care for the sick”, on Tuesday 4 December, at 3pm, Fr Andrea Manto, Director of the Italian Bishops' Confernce national ...

This presentation looks anew at the ministry of pastoral care and its capacity for facilitating healing. Professor Kelley identifies three of these capacities: providing a sense of holding, examining ...