In Living Color 2/e

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.