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Author McGarrah Sharp, Melinda A., author

Title Creating resistances : pastoral care in a postcolonial world / by Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 221 pages)
Series Theology in practice, 2352-9288 ; volume 7
Theology in practice ; volume 7. 2352-9288
Summary Multiple forms of oppression, injustice, and violence today have roots in histories of colonialism. This connection to the past feels familiar for some and less relevant for others. Understanding and responding to these connections is more crucial than ever, yet some resist rather than face this task directly. Others resist oppressive postcolonial conditions. Using intercultural stories and pastoral care scholarship, this book charts pathways through five resistances (not me, not here, not now, not relevant, not possible) to awaken creative pastoral care in a postcolonial world. McGarrah Sharp recommends practices that everyone can do: believing in each other, revisiting how histories are taught, imagining more passable futures, heeding prophetic poets, and crossing borders with healthy boundaries
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Electronic resource
Subject Pastoral care.
Postcolonial theology.
Postmodernism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Pastoral care
Postcolonial theology
Postmodernism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004412057
9004412050