The Service of Healing as Pastoral Care: A Discourse-Informed, Communal-Contextual Interpretation

Some scholars have noted an increase in the availability of Episcopal services of healing since the twentieth century. This thesis proposes the service of healing is an act of pastoral care when understood through a communal contextual paradigm of pastoral care informed by feminist discourse theory....

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Main Author: Rippetoe, Heather Leigh
Other Authors: Dr. Robin M. Jensen
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2009
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-04022009-084630/