Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/10649867.2021.1887924
S. Crumpton
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/10649867.2021.1887837
K. Samuel Lee, Danjuma Gibson
The first issue in volume 31 of the Journal of Pastoral Theology occurs in the wake of one of the most unspeakable acts in the history of the democratic experiment: the insurrectionist terrorist attack on the US nation’s capital as 2020 electoral college votes were being certified, and where five people were killed and dozens more injured. If there was any illusion about safety, security, or normalcy after the contentious presidential election season of 2020, it was shattered at the top of the new year. There is no section of the United States, no institution or organization, or any intellectual or ideological discourse that has been left untouched by the violence and fear precipitated in Washington D.C. All are now forced to wrestle with difficult and painful meaning-making. Social and political divisions are deep as ever. The quest for unity is fragile – and without truth telling, justice, and healing – perhaps even premature. Moreover, these events have forced upon us several questions with which we must contend: (1) Given the risk for human extinction based on the species’ propensity for individualism, self-centeredness, envy, and violence, does self-descriptive terminology like democracy or the greatest nation on earth undermine our capacity for truth-telling, moral agency, and salvation from ourselves? Or, do terms like empire or the Anthropocene Era better capture the essence of the current human and social condition and increase our odds for healing and redemption? (2) Scientific inquiry, objective facts, and truth-telling have been under assault by the power-structure unlike any other time in recent memory. These aggressions against truth have seemingly been perpetuated without guilt or shame. But does the recent assault against truth compel us to revisit our understanding of shame? Could the affective state of shame be useful to pastoral care and its capacity for metanoia and moral revitalization? (3) In the current state of affairs, the demand for pastoral caregiving is probably at an all-time high, and with it, record levels of caregiver burnout and compassion fatigue. But is this burnout solely the result of a high volume of requests for care, or does it reflect a deeper misunderstanding of the spiritual nature of self-care and a debilitating narcissism related to a god-complex? (4) Lastly, in light of the deep divisions in the country, many of which are fueled by religious and spiritual ideology, are we not all compelled to examine our individual and group thought processes for elements of dogma, fundamentalism, or tribalism? That is to say, how might healthy and transformative practices of doubt and ambiguity contribute to life-giving pastoral care? As we begin 2021, the role and value of pastoral theology cannot be overstated. The genius of pastoral theology is evidenced in how pastoral theologians characterize the expansive scope of pastoral theological concerns and methodologies. The articles in this issue not only address these
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Pub Date : 2020-10-08DOI: 10.1080/10649867.2020.1824172
J. Gould
ABSTRACT Individuals raised in restrictive religious groups are taught narrow assumptions. To question these beliefs is emotionally difficult, intellectually challenging and relationally isolating – and to reject them is to lose part of their identity, violate the norms of their faith communities and invalidate key principles of their families of origin. In this paper I share part of my autobiography and offer theological and psychological principles for pastoral and spiritual care of disenfranchised doubt for individuals rethinking what they were raised to believe. I utilize a holistic theological anthropology and emphasize multi-dimensional pastoral counseling to address the intrapersonal and interpersonal aspects of doubt and deconversion.
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Pub Date : 2020-10-08DOI: 10.1080/10649867.2020.1824173
M. Christoffersen
ABSTRACT Within the contemporary theological world, pastoral theology is unique in offering a considerable variety of theological reflections on the phenomenon of shame. Pastoral theologians have called for the development of a theology that can be as liberating for those who suffer from shame as the theology of divine forgiveness has been for those who suffer from guilt. But their theological recommendations point in two directions: Is shame an obstacle to be removed, or (also) an opportunity to be embraced? This article offers a systematic overview of this growing area of research.
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Pub Date : 2020-09-01DOI: 10.1080/10649867.2020.1827765
Nicholas A. Grier
ABSTRACT This article presents a roadmap for pastoral theologians, spiritual caregivers, mental health professionals, and the community-at-large to integrate community organizing with the resources of pastoral theology, spiritual care, and mental health to creatively and constructively transform the world. It argues that such an integration presents life-giving opportunities for justice and healing-oriented social revolution. To accomplish these ends, pastoral theologians, spiritual caregivers, and mental health professionals must take seriously community organizing’s goal of organizing people and organizing money to care for the world.
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Pub Date : 2020-09-01DOI: 10.1080/10649867.2020.1829790
Elizabeth O. Pierre
ABSTRACT African Americans are incarcerated at an exponentially higher rate than any other racial group [Wacquant, Loic. “Deadly Symbiosis: Rethinking Race and Imprisonment in Twenty-First Century America.” Boston Review 27, no. 1 (2002): 23–31]. Malcolm Carter, who was formerly incarcerated, shared about his journey and offered hope at the 2018 Coloring Mental Health Collective Conference in Chicago, Illinois. The session engages the constructs of systemic injustice that contributes to recidivism among this population.
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Pub Date : 2020-09-01DOI: 10.1080/10649867.2020.1826707
C. M. Gallegos
ABSTRACT Latino/as living in the United States are faced with a variety of challenges to their mental and spiritual wellness. In this article, I highlight three of these challenges and outline possible interventions for mental health professionals and spiritual caregivers. This paper is based on lectures given for the Coloring Mental Health Collective (CMHC) symposia in Chicago and Los Angeles in September and October, 2018. The theme at both was the same: ‘Telling Our Untold and Unacknowledged Stories: Reflections from Black and Brown Bodies.’
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Pub Date : 2020-09-01DOI: 10.1080/10649867.2020.1838700
Danjuma Gibson, K. S. Lee
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Pub Date : 2020-09-01DOI: 10.1080/10649867.2020.1840034
Carroll A. Watkins Ali
ABSTRACT Highlighting the importance of telling the untold and unacknowledged stories of Black/Brown-bodied people for mental/spiritual healing, the article offers reflections on portions of the author's life experience as a Black-bodied female. The assertion is that cultural selfknowledge must be recovered and made foundational to the development, implementation and replication of interventions that will adequately address the collective needs of Black people amid a racist society.
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Pub Date : 2020-09-01DOI: 10.1080/10649867.2020.1835003
Joshua T. Morris
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