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Performing Pastoral Care :

Clifton-Smith, Gregory.

Performing Pastoral Care : Music as a Framework for Exploring Pastoral Care. - London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016. - 1 online resource (162 pages) - Studies in Religion and Theology . - Studies in Religion and Theology. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Performing Pastoral Care; Foreword; Musical Quotations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Listening to the Voice of Historical Experience; Surviving the Darkness of Imprisonment; Chapter 2 -- Listening to the Voice of Clinical Experience; Surviving the Darkness of Hospitalization; Chapter 3 -- Listening to the Voice of Historical Experience; Classical Music Born Out of War and Social Fragmentation; Chapter 4 -- Listening to the Voice of Pastoral Experience; (1) Classical Music as a Means of Discerning Sameness and Difference; Chapter 5 -- Listening to the Voice of Pastoral Experience. (2) Classical Music as a Vehicle for Theoretical and Practical TransformationChapter 6 -- Reclaiming and Proclaiming Pastoral Care; Singing the Praises of Pastoral Care in a Mission-Focused Environment; Conclusions -- Pastoral Care as 'Mission Praise'; Appendix 1 -- St. John of the Cross -- Dark Night of the Soul -- Prologue Pp. 1-2 Stanzas of the Soul; Appendix 2 -- Texts and musical quotations used in Collage; Appendix 3 -- Musical Forms; Appendix 4 -- The Parable of the Song Smith; Bibliography; Subject Index; Author Index; Blank Page.

Using musical analogies, Gregory Clifton Smith explores the role of pastoral care, both from the point of view of performance and of music as a different form of engaging with life in extreme situations, such as war. Through the prism of music, he demonstrates the ongoing importance of pastoral care in religious communities.

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Pastoral care.
Music--Religious aspects--Christianity.
RELIGION--Christian Ministry--Pastoral Resources.
Music--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Pastoral care.


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