Pastoral Bearings

Leonard Hummel is associate professor of Pastoral Theology and Pastoral Care at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. Jane F. Maynard is currently serving as Priest in Charge at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Medina, WA. Mary Clark Moschella is professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling at Yale Divinity School.

1 Dedication 2 Table of Contents 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 1. Pastoral Bearings: Lived Religion and Pastoral Theology Part 5 I. Congregations, Bodies, and Theology Chapter 6 2. Theological Reflection and Theories of Practice: Rethinking Normative Memory as if Bodies Matter Chapter 7 3. Weaving a Communal Narrative: Agape United Methodist Church Chapter 8 4. Culture Coded Care: Ecclesial Beliefs and Practices in Response to Illness Chapter 9 5. Homeless in Seattle: A Lived Religion of Hospitality Part 10 II. Gender Positive Care: Re-writing Dis/ability, Denominational History and Unchurched Religion Chapter 11 6. Resisting Stares and Stereotypes—Affirming Life Chapter 12 7. Baptist Clergywomen's Narratives: Reinterpreting the Southern Baptist Convention Schism Chapter 13 8. "Spiritual But Not Religious"—How Small Groups in America Redefine Religion Part 14 III. Intercultural Nuance Chapter 15 9. Lively Choruses: Relational Dance with God Chapter 16 10. Pastoral Care and Counseling in Independent Evangelical Charismatic Churches in Ghana: A Barthian Theological Perspective Chapter 17 11. Religion in Thailand: Pastoral Theological Reflection from the Perspective of Thai Buddhist Monks 18 Select Bibliography 19 About the Authors 20 Index