A01=Susan J. Dunlap
Author_Susan J. Dunlap
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Christianity
churches
congregations
Ecclesiology
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sickness
Sociology
Product details
- ISBN 9781932792874
- Weight: 386g
- Dimensions: 137 x 213mm
- Publication Date: 16 Jun 2009
- Publisher: Baylor University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Skilled pastoral caregiving, Susan Dunlap argues, requires an understanding of the culture of the local congregation where it is practiced. An engaging example par excellence, Caring Cultures looks closely at three very different congregations' responses to the body in times of illness: an African American congregation in the Apostolic Holiness tradition; a Euro-American mainstream Protestant church; and the Latino members in a Roman Catholic parish.
With vivid examples drawn from the author's interviews and observations, this beautifully written book shows how each congregation has developed divergent ways of thinking about the body, habits of responding to it, and understandings of God's response to the body's pain or peril. The author offers unusually rich descriptions of care-giving as it is displayed in these three congregations, integrating both well-explained theory and moving personal stories.
With vivid examples drawn from the author's interviews and observations, this beautifully written book shows how each congregation has developed divergent ways of thinking about the body, habits of responding to it, and understandings of God's response to the body's pain or peril. The author offers unusually rich descriptions of care-giving as it is displayed in these three congregations, integrating both well-explained theory and moving personal stories.
Susan J. Dunlap is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology, Duke Divinity School. She lives in Durham, North Carolina.
