earticle

논문검색

Contextually Relevant Theodicies for Pastoral Care

원문정보

Kim, Gi Chul

피인용수 : 0(자료제공 : 네이버학술정보)

초록

영어

This article is an attempt to construct contextually relevant theodicies for pastoral caretakers who have complex realities of suffering and evil. In a postmodern era, traditional theodicy cannot be contextually relevant or meaningful enough for complex human predicaments. Traditionally, theodicy has been constructed as a way of defending God. It has focused primarily on God's goodness and almighty power rather than the reality of human suffering and evil. God’s compassion has not been applied enough into constructing traditional theodicy. This article, based on the personal relationship between God and human beings, tries to focus mainly on exploring the reality of human predicaments, seeking constructing contextually relevant theodicies for practicing pastoral care. In the process of constructing a new theodicy, eventually the sufferer needs to have an experience of empathizing with God and God with the sufferer as well. For this experience, a deep and open questioning about our predicaments is required. Approaching the end of our journey of questioning we should experience the mutually communion of heart with heart in our personal relationship with God. Lastly, this article presents three steps to construct a contextually relevant theodicy for practicing pastoral care: 1) deeply questioning in human predicaments–completing the unfinished question, 2) empathizing with God–encountering God personally, and 3) constructing a new theodicy. Through our wholehearted and desperate questioning about suffering and resisting evil, we can start a journey of constructing a new theodicy. Pastoral caregivers need to elaborate and appropriate the process of constructing new theodicies in order to practice a contextually relevant pastoral care.

목차

I. Introduction
 II. Traditional Theodicy
 III. Postmodern Theological Approaches to Human Predicaments
  1. Kathleen M. Sands
  2. David Gunn
  3. Wendy Farley
 IV. Contextually Relevant Theodicy
  1. Questioning Faithfully
  2. Theological Approach to Suffering and Evil
  3. Toward Redemptive Theodicy
 V. Conclusion : Contextually Relevant Pastoral Care
  1. The Communion of Heart with Heart
  2. Pastoral Theodicy
 Bibliography
 Abstract

저자정보

  • Kim, Gi Chul Professor of Paichai University

참고문헌

자료제공 : 네이버학술정보

    함께 이용한 논문

      ※ 기관로그인 시 무료 이용이 가능합니다.

      • 6,400원

      0개의 논문이 장바구니에 담겼습니다.