A01=Neil Pembroke
Author_Neil Pembroke
Cappadocian Theologians
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Christian community dynamics
Counselling Alliance
De Deo Trino
divine
ecclesial relationships
Empathic Attunement
empathy in ministry
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God's Covenantal Relationship
God's Hospitality
God's Self-communication
God’s Hospitality
Human Suffering
indwelling
Kenotic Love
mutual
Mutual Indwelling
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Narrative Counselling
Pastoral Care
Pastoral Caregivers
relational theology in pastoral care
Simultaneous Singing
spiritual formation
Spiritual Friendship
suffering and theodicy
systematic theology
theology
Trinitarian Dynamics
Trinitarian Event
Trinitarian Reflections
Trinitarian Theology
Trinitarian Thinking
Trinitarian Virtue
Triune God
Triune Life
Vestigia Trinitatis
Product details
- ISBN 9781032243542
- Weight: 230g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 13 Dec 2021
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This is the first comprehensive treatment of the relationship between the doctrine of the Trinity and pastoral care and counselling. Neil Pembroke contends that an in-depth reflection on the relational dynamics in the Godhead has the capacity to radically renew pastoral practice. Pembroke applies the notion of relational space to care in a parish setting. The life of the triune God is defined by both closeness and open space. The divine persons indwell each other in love, but they also provide space for the expression of particularity. This principle of closeness-with-space is applied in three different pastoral contexts, namely, community life, spiritual friendship, and pastoral conversations. The specialized ministry of pastoral counselling is the focus in the second half of the book. Informing the various explorations is the principle of participation through love: the divine persons participate in each other's existence through loving self-communication. Pembroke shows how this trinitarian virtue is at the centre of three key counselling dynamics: the counselling alliance, empathy, and mirroring.
Neil Pembroke teaches in the religion and psychology area at the University of Queensland, Australia. Prior to this he lectured in pastoral care and counselling at the Adelaide College of Divinity and the School of Theology, Flinders University. Over the past five years he has delivered papers at a number of conferences on topics such as the moral context of pastoral counselling, personal presence in spiritual direction, and the metaphor of hospitality in counselling and in Christian community. Prior to his academic career, he was engaged in parish ministry for eight years. Books published include Working Relationships: Spirituality in Human Service and Organisational Life, The Art of Listening: Dialogue, Shame, and Pastoral Care.
