The dilemma of traditional and 21stcentury pastoral ministry: Ministering to families and communities faced with socio-economic pathologies
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Dames, G.E.
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2010-09
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traditional and 21st century; pastoral ministry; socio-economic pathologies; families and communities; missional; intradisciplinary
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A holistic pastoral methodology is sought in transforming the socio-economic and systemic pathologies of poor families and local communities. Missional pastoral ministry is proposed from a critical hermeneutical and contextual perspective for the empowerment and liberation of people living with complex and multiple forms of pathologies. A transversal rationality model is applied merging the complexity and divergence of cross-disciplinary and intradisciplinary approaches between missional theology, practical theology, contextual theology, religious pedagogy and ethics. Practical theology in South Africa should be applied from and within the contemporary socio-economic, systemic and ecclesiological pathologies.
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HTS Teologiese Studies/