Pastoral Care in the Anthropocene Age

Ryan LaMothe

doi:10.5771/9781793641489

Summary

This book considers the challenges and opportunities of the Anthropocene Age from the perspective of pastoral theology/care. The fundamental question and concern with regard to the Anthropocene Age for human beings and other species is, how are we to dwell together on this one earth. Care, LaMothe argues, is the central concept in answering this question. Effective care requires pastoral theologians to make use of multiple interpretive frameworks (e.g., theology, philosophy, human sciences, etc.) in the analytic pursuit of understanding and responding effectively to the realities of climate change. At the same time, it is also important for pastoral theologians to examine critically the theologies and philosophies that give rise to and impede pastoral interventions and, in the case of the Anthropocene Age, to be clear about how theologies and philosophies have contributed to ideologies that undergird both exploitation of the earth and other-than-human beings, while also contributing to climate change and obstructing climate action. These are necessary steps in developing pastoral responses aimed at caring for persons, communities, and other-than-human beings in need of a viable dwelling.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-4147-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-4148-9
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 216
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Preface No access
1. The Climate Emergency and Pastoral Care/Theology No access
2. Care and Its Attributes No access
3. Pastoral Care and Pastoral Theology No access
4. Overview of This Book No access
1. Climate Change and the Anthropocene Age No access
2. Sources of Climate Change and Obstacles to Change No access
3. Climate Change, Human Beings, and Some Problems of Western Theologies/Philosophies No access
4. Implications for Pastoral Theology and Care No access
1. Scripture: Limitations in Light of the Anthropocene Age No access
2. A Pastoral Theology for the Anthropocene Age No access
3. Conclusion No access
1. Dwelling No access
2. Existential Aspects of Dwelling No access
3. A Theological Rendering of Dwelling No access
4. Conclusion No access
1. Radical Care and Its Attributes No access
2. 1. Radical Care: Implications for Ministerial Education and Lifelong Learning No access
3. Conclusion No access
1. Community: Its Attributes and Problems No access
2. Radical Communities of Inclusive Dwelling No access
3. Facilitating Radical Communities of Inclusive Care No access
4. Conclusion No access
1. Context of Care: Community of Faith No access
2. Context of Care: Villages, Towns, and Cities No access
3. The World as a Context of Care No access
4. Conclusion No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Chapter 1 No access
3. Chapter 2 No access
4. Chapter 3 No access
5. Chapter 4 No access
6. Chapter 5 No access
7. Chapter 6 No access
References No access Pages 191 - 206
Index No access Pages 207 - 214
About the Author No access Pages 215 - 216