The meaning of pastoral care in modern multicultural societies is challenged and reexamined from a pluralistic, global perspective in this book. Emmanuel Lartey stresses the importance of recognizing different cultural influences on individuals in order to effectively counsel, guide and empower them. He provides a clear and concise history of pastoral care and considers its relationship to different models of counseling and spirituality.This new edition has been updated to reflect postmodern and postcolonial studies and provides illustrations of how an intercultural approach can work in practice. Theological teachers and students will welcome its return as an indispensable introduction to the field of pastoral care. In Living Color is an essential source of inspiration to leaders from any religious stream who wish to provide pastoral care in a way that reflects their community's cultural diversity. This book is also a useful resource for practitioners in a wider range of caring contexts who work in multicultural environments.
Acknowledgements. Foreword. Preface. Part I: History, Theory and Practice 1. Introduction to Pastoral Care. 2. Historical Developments in Pastoral Care. 3. Models of Pastoral Care. 4. Pastoral Care: Functions and resources. Part II: Private Care and Public Struggle. 5. Counseling as Pastoral Care and Pastoral Counseling. 6. Liberation as Pastoral Praxis. 7. Spirituality in Pastoral Care. 8.Case Studies in Intercultural Pastoral Care. 9. Approaches to Pastoral Care in Pluralistic Settings. References. Index.
In this second edition of In Living Color Emmanuel Lartey offers a critical introduction to the practice and study of pastoral care and counseling in a pluristic, postcolonial and postmodern world context. Writing from a global perspective, he is aware that in contemporary society and ministry offering pastoral care of any kind needs to take account of the multi-culturalism found in communities and in congregations. Consequently the discussion and examples throughout the book are informed at every point by experiences, thoughts and perspectives from different cultures and with particular emphasis, reflecting his own knowledge and experience, on continental Africa, diasporan-African, British and American societies. It is an eminently readable book in which there is a masterly balance of the major themes. These include a comprehensive yet succinct overview of history of pastoral care, an exploration of the functions and resources of pastoral care, and a discussion concerning counselling as pastoral care. Lartey's new perspectives on pastoral care are compelling and challenging and need to be taken seriously.
