Representing the Good: Pastoral Care in a Secular Age

In ‘a secular age' (Taylor 2007), pastoral care is no longer exclusively associated with specific religious traditions and communities. Pastoral caregivers who work in secular institutions provide care to religious and nonreligious people alike, and in several Western societies the term pastora...

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Authors: Schuhmann, Carmen (Author) ; Damen, Annelieke (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer Science Business Media B. V. [2018]
In: Pastoral psychology
Year: 2018, Volume: 67, Issue: 4, Pages: 405-417
IxTheo Classification:RG Pastoral care
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Chaplaincy
B Iris Murdoch
B Pastoral Care
B Spiritual care
B Transcendence
B Existential and spiritual processes
B ‘Secular age'
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